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also surprize
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to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected<I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay for guitar lessons>Synonymsamaze, astonish, astound, bowl (over), dumbfound (also dumfound), flabbergast, floor, shock, startle, stun, stupefyRelated Wordsbefuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, dismay, muddle, nonplus, perplexPhrasesknock for a loop, take aback, take by surprise
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to lie in wait for and attack by surprise<FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations>— see ambush
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