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give a shock



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It checks the heart rhythm and will only tell you to give a shock if it is needed.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022

“They wanted to give a shock message today to show to everybody that they are serious about price stability.”

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 3, 2011

The Minister for Foreign Affairs replied that in view of our successes he had confidence in our strength, and believed we could give a shock to Austria.

From Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle by Durham, M. E. (Mary Edith)

Zotto suru signifies "to cause a thrill" or "to give a shock," or "to make shiver;" and of a very beautiful person it is said "Zotto-suru hodo no bijin,"—meaning!

From The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories by Hearn, Lafcadio

The gymotus, or Surinam eel, which attains a length of five or six feet, has an electric organ from head to tail, and can give a shock sufficient to kill a man.

From The Story of Electricity by Munro, John




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