poleaxed

• A woman convict who threw washwater on a robot guard in an attempt to short it out went down like a poleaxed cow within a meter of him and the guard dragged her away by the ankles. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 06 - December 2000
• He went down like a poleaxed buffalo as bullets stitched neat holes across the ceiling. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 06 - December 1997
• Joscelin went to his knees as if poleaxed, nerveless fingers releasing his hilt. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
• Eilir couldn't see exactly where but a horse went over as if it had been poleaxed, and the rider hit the ground rolling. —  Map.html
• The Hearns fight reminded me off the Nunn vs Toney fight even though it was totally different lol. where someone was shouting to Nunn when he rose to his feet after that big left hook, whilst Nunn was trying to listen to what they were saying Toney just steamed in and poleaxed him with another punch. —  BoxingScene.com

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