solar plexus

as in stomach
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him

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Recent Examples on the Web The next morning, Jamie showed up and punched the manager in the solar plexus. Kerry Howley, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2022 Every so often, a performance hits you right in the solar plexus. Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2022 The device worms its way into a patient’s chest through a three-quarter-inch incision in the solar plexus. Danielle Egan, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2011 While one album could hit you squarely in the solar plexus, by the next the conviction that Björk alone understood your crisis would have passed, never to return. Anahid Nersessian, The New York Review of Books, 1 Dec. 2022 See all Example Sentences for solar plexus 

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“Solar plexus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solar%20plexus. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.

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