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Noun: electric shock- The use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
"they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks" - 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
- A reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
"subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"
- electrical shock, shock
Derived forms: electric shocks Type of: corporal punishment, harm, hurt, inborn reflex, injury, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, torture, torturing, trauma, unconditioned reflex Encyclopedia: Electric shock |