noun
A sudden, heavy impact.
The train hit the buffers with a great shock.
A sudden, heavy impact.
A sudden, heavy impact.
A tremendous shock arises when a secret is discovered.
A sudden, heavy impact.
But as was the case with pacemakers, external defibrillators were unwieldy, and the shocks they delivered—in the rare cases when patients were still conscious—were painful.
A sudden, heavy impact.
Fans were in shock in the days following the singer's death.
". . . Maureen, I don't feel sad. I don't feel anything. What's wrong with me?" "Nothing, Cae," she said. "You just haven't been able to take it in yet. Absorb the shock of it."
adj
Causing intense surprise, horror, etc.; unexpected and shocking.
His shock announcement rocked the tennis world.
verb
To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel greatly surprised or upset.
The disaster shocked the world.
To strike with disgust, to offend, scandalize.
To give an electric shock to.
To subject to a shock wave or violent impact.
Ammonium nitrate can detonate if severely shocked.
To meet with a shock; to collide in a violent encounter.
They saw the moment approach when the two parties would shock together.