tase

verb

ˈtāz 

variants or Tase or less commonly taze or Taze

tased or Tased also tazed or Tazed; tasing or Tasing also tazing or Tazing; tases or Tases also tazes or Tazes

transitive verb

: to shoot with a gun that fires electrified darts that stun and immobilize : to shoot with a Taser gun

… the department's policies say tasing someone punitively is a violation of its standards …

—Stephanie Barry

The man was tazed, restrained, and checked out by paramedics before being wheeled away on a gurney.

—Jay Jiudice

Examples of tase in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The bodycam footage then shows Smith falling backwards as he is tased by police. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Campbell had a magazine for such a gun in his pocket when police tased and arrested him. — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Miller was 23 years old and weighed 135 pounds in March 2025, when two Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officers weighing about 400 pounds in total pinned down his body and hands while a third officer tased him. — Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026

Responding officers tased Lewis and took her into custody, according to the probable cause statement. — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from Taser

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

tase

verb

ˈtāz

: to attack with a stun gun