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strike (someone) dumb
strike (someone) dumb
To render someone speechless, as due to a great surprise or shock. My father's sudden resignation from the company struck each of us dumb.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Birger | | BIR-yer (Swedish) | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
| Cameron | | ['kæmərən] | |
| No'ah | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Varnava | | - | Russian, Old Church Slavic |
| Viljo | | VEEL-yo | Finnish |
| Camron | | KAM-rən | English (Modern) |