shell-shock

A form of shell shock — A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle, corresponding largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Meanings

nounshell-shock (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of shell shock.
verbshell-shock (third-person singular simple present shell-shocks, present participle shell-shocking, simple past and past participle shell-shocked)

present singular third person shell-shocks · participle present shell-shocking · participle past shell-shocked · past shell-shocked

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shell shock.

    [Two goals in two minutes] shell-shocked the home crowd, who quickly demanded a response, which came midway through the half and in emphatic fashion.

    2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport
Cite this entry
APA

shell-shock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell-shock

MLA

“shell-shock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell-shock. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shell-shock,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shell-shock.

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