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Meanings of sandbag in English

Spanish
pasmar

Hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag.

        pasmar
        Portuguese
        saco de areia
        Spanish
        saco terrero

        Device commonly used in flood control and temporary military fortifications.

              saco de areia
              Synonyms
              Examples for "stun"
              Examples for "stun"
              1
              Police used stun-grenades to disperse them; there were no reports of injuries.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Police used horses and stun grenades to try to control the crowds.
              Reuters
              3
              After the stun of the blow came the realization of the consequences.
              Half a Life-Time Ago
              4
              One part bazooka round; one part suicidal drone; one part stun round.
              Wired
              5
              The sight of the wharves and the ships seemed to stun her.
              A Jolly Fellowship

              Compel by coercion, threats, or crude means.

                    Usage of sandbag in English
                    1
                    Fred Grainger watched the national guardsman place the last sandbag on Hoover-Two.
                    Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
                    2
                    The community has also erected sandbag walls to protect itself from landslides.
                    The South African
                    3
                    The phrase fell on the apprentice like a sandbag, and he vanished.
                    Clayhanger
                    4
                    Our line runs across this Crucifix Valley in a strong sandbag barricade.
                    The Old Front Line
                    5
                    His sudden misfortune had been like the stunning blow of a sandbag.
                    The Mountebank
                    6
                    A sandbag barricade with four sentries blocked the entrance to Ketkar's office.
                    Earth Unaware
                    7
                    Make a woman self-conscious, and her soul is barren as a sandbag.
                    Fantasia of the Unconscious
                    8
                    You'd think dad was trying to sandbag them or something like that.
                    Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island
                    9
                    He went down like a sandbag, and I dropped the hammer, gagging.
                    Bag of Bones
                    10
                    There was barricade for barricade, loophole for loophole, and sandbag for sandbag.
                    Indiscreet Letters From Peking / Being the Notes of an Eye-Witne...
                    11
                    Sawako is as tough as a sandbag, but sandbags don't punch back.
                    Reuters
                    12
                    I bet Long Jack, the poacher, is waiting there with a sandbag.
                    Mike and Psmith
                    13
                    The sandbagging group was given standardized instructions on how to sandbag without detection.
                    Pubmed
                    14
                    Some of my best onsights have happened thanks to a sandbag.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    15
                    I figured the best chance of success was to sandbag you.
                    The unincorporated man
                    16
                    Somebody left a sandbag balanced in the wrong place or a rope broke.
                    Tell me, pretty maiden
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                    Translations for sandbag
                    Portuguese
                    saco de areia
                    Sandbag through the time
                    Sandbag across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common