electric shock

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electric shock (countable and uncountable, plural electric shocks)

  1. An instance of subjecting (someone or something) to an electric shock.
    The newer taser delivered a more powerful electric shock to the target than the older one did.
    • 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
      Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines. Several telegraph operators received electric shocks and some telegraph stations even caught fire.
  2. The physical reaction or shock caused by the flow of electricity through the body.

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