neurostunner

plural neurostunners

1. literatureA weapon that stuns a person by affecting their nervous system.

   I grabbed the neurostunner from the drawer — the kind allowed in the house, but not beyond its doors — and hurried toward the front door, querying the system.

   2004, L. E. Modesitt Jr., Flash, page 178

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   "She fries my synapses with a neurostunner whose insurance warranty ran out around the time of the Skytube, then she asks if I'm okay," he said, attempting to laugh but coughing instead.

   1993, Iain M. Banks, Against a Dark Background