electric-shock
Nouns
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(n) the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
- they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks
- (n) 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
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(n) a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
- subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
- electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks