DICTOMETER

ELECTRIC SHOCK

(electric shock)

1. Synonyms:
   • Electric shock
   Definitions:
   • the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
   Examples:
   • They used cattle prods to administer electric shocks
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Electric shock
   Definitions:
   • 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
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Electric shock
   • Electrical shock
   • Shock
   Definitions:
   • a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
   Examples:
   • Subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
   • Electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks