electric shock
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks
Types & categories
- torturing hypernym
- corporal punishment hypernym
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
- harm hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response
Types & categories
- reflex hypernym
Related & opposite
- shock derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | torturing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | corporal punishment |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | harm |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shock |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | reflex |