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shock
English
- 🔊 the violent interaction of individuals or groups entering into combat“the armies met in the shock of battle”
- 🔊 an unpleasant or disappointing surprise“it came as a shock to learn that he was injured”
- 🔊 an instance of agitation of the earth's crust“the first shock of the earthquake came shortly after noon while workers were at lunch”
- 🔊 a bushy thick mass (especially hair)“he had an unruly shock of black hair”
- 🔊 a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry“corn is bound in small sheaves and several sheaves are set up together in shocks”
- 🔊 (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells“loss of blood is an important cause of shock”
- 🔊 a mechanical damper“the old car needed a new set of shocks”
- 🔊 the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally“his mother's death left him in a daze”
- 🔊 a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body“subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response”
- 🔊 a sudden jarring impact“the door closed with a jolt”
- 🔊 subject to electrical shocks
- 🔊 collect or gather into shocks“shock grain”
- 🔊 collide violently
- 🔊 strike with horror or terror“The news of the bombing shocked her”
- 🔊 surprise greatly“I was floored when I heard that I was promoted”
- 🔊 strike with disgust or revulsion“The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends”
- 🔊 inflict a trauma upon
Spanish
- 🔊 de choque shock
- 🔊 impresión shock
- 🔊 shock shock
- 🔊 choquear to shock
- 🔊 escandalizar to shock, offend
- 🔊 chocar to shock, scandalize
- 🔊 encontronazo shock, shocking event; run-in