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Synonyms for shock

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for shock

violent forcible contact between two or more things

something that jars the mind or emotions

to deprive of courage or the power to act as a result of fear, anxiety, or disgust

to affect with a strong feeling of moral aversion

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to inflict physical or mental injury or distress on

to cause to experience a sudden momentary shock

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Synonyms for shock

the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally

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the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat

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(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells

an instance of agitation of the earth's crust

an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

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a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry

a bushy thick mass (especially hair)

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a sudden jarring impact

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strike with disgust or revulsion

strike with horror or terror

collide violently

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collect or gather into shocks

subject to electrical shocks

inflict a trauma upon

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Nevertheless, a poor lame old man, who had been in the habit, during trifling shocks, of crawling to a certain doorway, was this time crushed to pieces.
The harvesters ceased working, took their provisions, and sat down against one of the shocks. Here they fell to, the men plying a stone jar freely, and passing round a cup.
In order to determine the characteristics of households which are likely to be affected by the occurrence of an adverse shock, a dichotomous dependent variable was constructed in this study which would be equal to one if occurring, five years preceding the survey would lead to loss of household welfare and would be equal to zero otherwise.
In order to properly and accurately determine the shock absorber damping force it is needed to evaluate a number of various shock absorber construction parameters and indicators: friction between the moving shock absorber elements, precise pressure in the working and gas chambers, piston construction, valve construction and the characteristics, the geometric shapes of valve plates, etc.
Biotechnology company Inotrem SA revealed on Tuesday the receipt of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fast Track designation for the nangibotide development programme for the treatment of septic shock.
[USPRwire, Wed Aug 14 2019] Toxic Shock syndrome is a rare life threatening disease caused by staphylococcal or streptococcal exotoxins.
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In the study, researchers randomly divided participants into two groups, those who had the shock turned off and those who had the shock replaced by a neutral tone.
This study aims to find out the type, aetiology and outcome of shock in children in a tertiary care hospital.
A rope is attached long enough to reach around a shock of corn.
In severe cases of sepsis-triggered Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, septic shock and cardiogenic shock can be difficult to distinguish.
Oil investment is less responsive to oil price shocks in the pre-shale period than in the full sample, regardless of the type of shock.
studied spiked blunt body drag in a hypersonic shock tunnel and showed that drag reduction significantly decreased as attack angle increased.
Building on the theme of transmission of price shocks, Cravino and I study a particularly important type of price shock: large exchange-rate changes.