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astonisher

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Synonyms: astonished, astonishes, admonisher, astonish, stonished

Antonyms: astonished, astonishes, admonisher, astonish, stonished

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Noun

  1. Something that [[astonish]]es; an [[astonishing]] thing or event.
  2. Someone who astonishes.
  3. {{lb|en|typography|printing|computing|chiefly|US}} An [[exclamation mark]], the [[punctuation]] mark “[[!]]”.
  4. {{lb|en|journalism}} A [[headline]] or [[lead#Noun_2|lead]] (introductory paragraph) designed to capture attention through a [[surprising]] statement.<ref>Edward Jay Friedlander, ''Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines,'' New York: Longman, 2000;<sup>[https://archive.org/details/featurewritingfo0000frie_t6e2]</sup> William Wray Carney, ''In the News: The Practice of Media Relations in Canada,'' Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2008.<sup>[https://archive.org/details/innewspracticeof00carn]</sup></ref>

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