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Meanings of electric shock in English

Portuguese
choque
Spanish
choque

A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body.

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        Usage of electric shock in English
        1
        Adding hospitalization and electric shock to the mix sadly compounded the problem.
        True compass: a memoir
        2
        In 2003 he underwent cardioversion electric shock treatment for a heart irregularity.
        The Guardian
        3
        The words tingled through the mind of Ashe like an electric shock.
        The Puritans
        4
        The crowd stirred as if the electric shock had swept every nerve.
        The Root of Evil
        5
        They dread the electric shock of a too sudden contact with it.
        The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 2
        6
        Old Japan experienced this electric shock and New Japan is the result.
        Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic
        7
        The realization hit Cortana like a powerful electric shock throughout her body.
        Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
        8
        The words seem to startle, like an electric shock, the whole audience.
        The Recreations of a Country Parson
        9
        She handed them to me and they gave me an electric shock.
        A Stir of Echoes
        10
        Suddenly an idea hit me with the force of an electric shock.
        Flesh and bone: a body farm novel
        11
        And now this select circle seemed agitated as by an electric shock.
        Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends
        12
        He started as if an electric shock had shot through his frame.
        Eventide / A Series of Tales and Poems
        13
        You see, Mr. Kennedy, that simply could not be the electric shock.
        The War Terror
        14
        She suddenly stopped, and an electric shock passed through her whole frame.
        The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel
        15
        Her fingers on him were like an electric shock through his body.
        Witch heart
        16
        As she did, a feeling like an electric shock surged through her.
        Brave New World
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        Translations for electric shock
        Spanish
        choque
        Electric shock through the time
        Electric shock across language varieties
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