Citations:taser
Noun: "an electroshock stun gun made by Taser International"
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- 1998, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, Gunshot Wounds, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 308:
- The 1970s saw the introduction of the first electrical gun — the Taser. The Taser is a device that uses electrical current to immobilize victims without killing them.
- 2001 August 1, “How the stun gun works”, in BBC News[1]:
- The taser causes temporary paralysis and research suggests there is little permanent risk to health.
- 2004 October 12, Brian Dakss, “TASER Danger?”, in CBS News[2]:
- But, Andrews points out, using the TASER to bring down a threatening suspect isn't always the way the gun is used.
- 2014 August 25, Jefferson City Police seek approval for new tasers[3], via KMIZ:
- "If the funding for these new tasers is approved, the entire JCPD will have to be re-trained on the tasers, but luckily they won't all have to be tased again."
Noun: "any electroshock stun gun"
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- 2014 March 13, Randell Suba, “This CUPID drone doesn't shoot love arrows - It tases you with 80,000 volts of pure electricity”, in Tech Times[4]:
- A pilot controls the drone and the other person fires the taser if they deem it necessary.
Verb: "to stun with a stun gun"
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- 1976, Microwaves, volume 15, number 10, page 30:
- In most cases, the "Tasered" attacker will remain subdued after the power is turned off.
- 1989, Lauren Wright Douglas, In the blood, Naiad Press, →ISBN, page 61:
- "No," Eda corrected her. "We heard the guards talking. It seems that the blackshirts only tasered you."
- 1992 February 7, “McKenzie v. City of Milpitas 953 F.2d 1387”, in United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.[5]:
- Milpitas argues that the tasering of the McKenzies was constitutional as a matter of law because the McKenzies suffered no long-term harm.
- 2008 April 2, Jenny May, “Mentor police will purchase”, in Cleveland News-Herald[6]:
- "In one incident, a large, vicious dog was coming at an officer and he was able to Taser the dog rather than shoot it," Llewellyn said.
- 2008 October 20, Sarah Netter, “Officer Fired After Tasering Teen for Fun at a Birthday Party”, in ABC News[7]:
- But Cobb said Davis was seen on a television report laughing about it, saying that Eustis police had overreacted and that it was a lifelong goal to be Tasered.
- 2014 April 30, “CCTV shows PC Tasering man in Wiltshire police cell”, in BBC News[8]:
- The BBC has obtained footage of a police officer Tasering a naked man in a police cell in Wiltshire.
- 2016 August 15, “Dalian Atkinson dies after being Tasered in Telford by police”, in BBC News[9]:
- A neighbour described seeing the former Aston Villa star, 48, being Tasered after "stumbling towards" police.