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shocks (noun)

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  • shock treatment — noun treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions • Syn: ↑shock therapy • Hypernyms: ↑therapy • Hyponyms: ↑electroconvulsive therapy, ↑electroshock, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • shock therapy — noun treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑shock treatment • Hypernyms: ↑therapy • Hyponyms: ↑electroconvulsive therapy, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • electric shock — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ massive (esp. BrE), powerful, severe, strong ▪ mild, small … OF ELECTRIC SHOCKS ▪ series …   Collocations dictionary

  • seismography — noun the measurement of tremors and shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes • Hypernyms: ↑measurement, ↑measuring, ↑measure, ↑mensuration * * *  ̷ ̷ˈmägrəfē, fi noun ( es) Etymology …   Useful english dictionary

  • electric shock — noun 1. the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture (Freq. 1) they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks • Hypernyms: ↑corporal punishment, ↑torture, ↑torturing 2. trauma caused by the passage of electric current through… …   Useful english dictionary

  • live load — noun a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic • Syn: ↑superload • Hypernyms: ↑load, ↑loading, ↑burden * * * noun 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • shock absorber — noun a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses (Freq. 1) the old car needed a new set of shocks • Syn: ↑shock, ↑cushion • Derivationally related forms: ↑cushion (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • crampfish — noun any sluggish bottom dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges • Syn: ↑electric ray, ↑numbfish, ↑torpedo • Hypernyms: ↑ray •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • electric catfish — noun freshwater catfish of the Nile and tropical central Africa having an electric organ • Syn: ↑Malopterurus electricus • Hypernyms: ↑silurid, ↑silurid fish • Member Holonyms: ↑Malopterurus, ↑genus Malopterurus …   Useful english dictionary

  • shock absorber — noun Date: 1906 any of several devices for absorbing the energy of sudden impulses or shocks in machinery or structures …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • shocker — noun Date: circa 1824 one that shocks; especially something horrifying or offensive (as a sensational film or work of fiction) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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