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shock - use in sentences
Infinitive complement
- discover: Lani At 24, I was shocked to discover a strange outburst of what turned out to be herpes on my lips.
Converse of object
- withstand: The US is more obviously in this situation than the UK, but is better placed to withstand a currency shock.
- absorb: This is your chance to absorb the full shock of magnificant graphics engine put to stunning use.
- administer: The modern automated external defibrillators will not administer a shock to a patient who does not need one.
Adjective modifier
- anaphylactic: Pests can also cause fear in the home with wasp stings responsible for anaphylactic shock in some people.
- electric: Will giving electric shocks to a patient who is not in cardiac arrest be more harmful than just waiting for the professionals to arrive?
- septic: Despite treatment with antibiotics, the mortality rate remains at 10 % in children who develop septic shock.
- nasty: And the 2003 European Under 19 champion also got a nasty shock.
- thermal: Lower bound solutions are obtained for the maximum thermal shock that the plate can sustain without catastrophic failure according to two distinct criteria.
- sudden: With a sudden shock, he realized one was Jack.
Modifies a noun
- absorber: The rear has a single shock absorber with 60 mm travel.
- wave: Suppose father doesn't like shock wave flash object download him!
- absorption: Concrete is the hardest surface and provides little shock absorption.
- horror: Shock horror stories of the day: Madonna's new haircut was in fact a wig.
- tactic: Without using shock tactics, pills, patches or other gimmicks!
- defeat: He proceeded to pick Smith, Kleberson and Fortune in midfield and people still called it a shock defeat.
Noun used with modifier
- bow: The solar wind is thus slowed and deflected around this cavity at the bow shock.
- culture: Being used to the odd culture shock I settled in quicker than most.
- heat: The duration of the heat shock is indicated to the right of the graph.
- shell: However the women recovered from the opening shell shock and performed admirably throughout the rest of the match.
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