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ELECTRIC SHOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
Example:
electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks
Synonyms:
electric shock; electrical shock; shock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("electric shock" is a kind of...):
inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; reflex action; reflex response; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
Example:
they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("electric shock" is a kind of...):
torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)
corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("electric shock" is a kind of...):
harm; hurt; injury; trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
