poleax

How To Use poleax In A Sentence

• Friday morning I woke up feeling like I'd been poleaxed, as did Heather.
• The blade of a poleaxe crashed down, splintering the table, and slicing off the heels of Lynch's boots. Dragons Of Summer Flame
• Inside is a room with just four tables, a couple of huge stacks of tottering CDs that threaten to poleaxe the barman, and shelves lined with wine bottles, each one with the price scribbled on the glass in silver magic marker.
• But the local area surveillance technology involved is poleaxing cars, immobilising them and/or setting off their alarms.
• The one black mark for Bridge was a serious injury to striker Phil Eastwood, who was taken to hospital for tests after being poleaxed by a clearance.
• Shooting me glares which would poleaxe a lesser man. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
• For a few minutes, his primary emotion was self-pity, and then he looked up at the television, watching as Robbie Kearns, whom he had poleaxed with a stiff arm to the head, was brought around and the game began to unfold.
• Ball had been niggling away at the Dutch striker, but, as they turned to run towards the box, his elbow poleaxed the young defender.
• The missile hit him full on the knee, poleaxing him to the ground, and ricocheted into the river.
• The right-wing group had already been poleaxed mentally and emotionally.