thunderstruck

thunderstruck
adjective /ˈθʌn.də.strʌk,ˈθʌn.dɚ.strʌk/
Astonished, amazed or so suddenly surprised as to be unable to speak.

And for days Europe and the great powers were thunderstruck, again and yet again, by the news of Turkish forts falling, Turkish cohorts collapsing, the unconquerable Crescent going down in blood.


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