Synonyms: electric shock, electrical shock, shock
Definition: a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
Usage: subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response; electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks
Similar words: unconditioned reflex, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response
Definition: an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
Synonyms: electric shock
Definition: the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
Usage: they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks
Similar words: torture, torturing
Definition: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason
Usage: it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
Similar words: corporal punishment
Definition: the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
Synonyms: electric shock
Definition: 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
Similar words: trauma, hurt, injury, harm
Definition: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.