Surprise: alternatives and connections

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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The act of altering or making different.

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The condition of being amazed; bewilderment [Obs.]; overwhelming wonder, as from surprise, sudden fear, horror, or admiration.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.

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To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks…

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To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).

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The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act of perturbing, or the state of being perturbed; esp., agitation of mind.

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.

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To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow.

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To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.

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To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

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To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements.

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The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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A bomb. See Bomb, n.

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A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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One who, or that which, stuns.

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A shaft of lightning; a brilliant stream of electricity passing from one part of the heavens to another, or from the clouds to the earth.

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A sharp burst of thunder; a sudden report of a discharge of atmospheric electricity.

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The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.

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The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.

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One who surprises.

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One who surprises.

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A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise.

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