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Definition of tase

tase

/teɪz/
tase
Past Simple:tased
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Past Participle:tased
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Present Participle:tasing
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tase Lexical Profile

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• verb

1

To discharge an electroshock weapon (such as a Taser) into someone in order to temporarily incapacitate them.

Example

"The security officers were trained only to tase a suspect when non-physical de-escalation methods failed."

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• Nearby Words

tarty
tarwhine
tarzan
tase
taser
tash
tashkent

Word Origin & Etymology

Coined in the late 20th century as a back-formation from the trademarked noun "Taser," which is an acronym for "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle," named by inventor Jack Cover after the hero of a 1911 science-fiction adventure novel.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Tase. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/tase
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