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Shock

/ʃɒk/

A sudden, heavy impact.

📖 Definitions of "Shock"

noun
  1. 1

    A sudden, heavy impact.

    "The train hit the buffers with a great shock."

  2. 2

    A discontinuity arising in the solution of a partial differential equation.

verb
  1. 1

    To cause to be emotionally shocked, to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

    "The disaster shocked the world."

  2. 2

    To give an electric shock to.

  3. 3

    To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.

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