Both Uses
dumfounded
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- Their bureaucratic rationale dumbfounded the Marine general: "due to limitations on the availability of ships, difficulties of ammunition replacement, and the loss of surprise."†
Chpt 6.dumbfounded = very surprised -- often too surprised to know what to say or do
- He discovered several woolen blankets and brought them back to his dumbfounded comrades.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(dumfounded) very surprised - often too surprised to know what to say or do
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)