Sentence:
- He got three steps before two rocks caught him, one in the arm and the second in the face, a spray of blood and a crunch of bone and a tooth that flew high in the air as the boy fell backwards as if poleaxed.
- He'd never had much use for art, but he'd been poleaxed by these ones.
Page: 276 & 317
Word: poleaxed
Definition:
- to attack or fell with or as with a poleax (a long-handled battle-ax)
Interesting to find this ‘new to me’ word used both literally and figuratively in the book. I have not had much experience with battle axes but am betting my kids have in their virtual worlds.
Tags: Anne of Green Gables, Cory Doctorow, For the Win
