EGAVE

shell shock

About 0.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle, corresponding largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
  2. noun A person with the condition.
  3. noun A stunning shock.
  4. noun Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shell,‎ shock.
  5. verb To stun or debilitate as by a shock.

Similar words

combat fatigue battle fatigue combat neurosis shock shell-shock shellshock shock to the system stound shocker shock wave

Word family

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