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Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling.
Christine Lavin

Meaning of "shell-shocked" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHELL-SHOCKED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHELL-SHOCKED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shell-Shocked is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHELL-SHOCKED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shell-shocked

Shell shock

Shell shock is the reaction of some soldiers in World War I to the trauma of battle. It is a reaction to the intensity of the bombardment and fighting that produced a helplessness appearing variously as panic and being scared, or flight, an inability to reason, sleep, walk or talk. "Simply put, after even the most obedient soldier had enough shells rain down on him, without any means of fighting back, he often lost all self control." During the War, the concept of shell shock was ill-defined. Cases of "shell shock" could be interpreted as either a physical or psychological injury, or simply as a lack of moral fibre. While the term shell shock is no longer used in either medical or military discourse, it has entered into popular imagination and memory, and is often identified as the signature injury of the War. In World War II and thereafter, diagnosis of "shell shock" was replaced by that of combat stress reaction, a similar but not identical response to the trauma of warfare.

Definition of shell-shocked in the English dictionary

The definition of shell-shocked in the dictionary is suffering from shell shock. Other definition of shell-shocked is in a state of stunned confusion or shock; dazed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHELL-SHOCKED

shell game
shell gland
shell jacket
shell out
shell program
shell shock
shell star
shell suit
shell-less
shell-like
shellac
shellac varnish
shellack
shellacked
shellacker
shellacking
shellback
shellbark
shellbound
shellcracker

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHELL-SHOCKED

blocked
brocked
cassocked
checked
crocked
deadlocked
dreadlocked
fetlocked
gridlocked
half-cocked
hillocked
landlocked
locked
overstocked
shocked
smocked
tussocked
unlocked
unshocked
unstocked
well-stocked

Synonyms and antonyms of shell-shocked in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «shell-shocked» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHELL-SHOCKED

Find out the translation of shell-shocked to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shell-shocked from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shell-shocked» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

见惯不惊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

neurosis de guerra
570 millions of speakers

English

shell-shocked
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खोल हैरान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قذيفة صدمت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

контужен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

em estado de choque
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শেল-মর্মাহত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en état de choc
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terkejut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

geschockt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シェルショック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

충격에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cangkang-cingak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vỏ sốc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஷெல்-அதிர்ச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेल-धक्का बसला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şaşkın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shell - shock
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zszokowanych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

контужений
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shell - șocat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κέλυφος - σοκαρισμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bomskok
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

chockade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shell - sjokkert
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shell-shocked

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHELL-SHOCKED»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shell-shocked

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QUOTES WITH «SHELL-SHOCKED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shell-shocked.
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Christine Lavin
Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHELL-SHOCKED»

Discover the use of shell-shocked in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shell-shocked and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo and Eddie, and ...
Shell Shocked will stand alone as not only one of the best-told music-biz memoirs, but one with a truly candid and unmatchable story of rock-and-roll insanity and success from a man who glories in it all.
Howard Kaylan, Jeff Tamarkin, 2013
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Shell Shocked: How Canadians Can Invest After the Collapse
Rich in detailed, fact-based analysis, Shell Shocked explains what to buy and when to buy it. The world has changed, and so has investing. Shell Shocked is your blueprint for investing success.
John Stephenson, 2009
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Shell Shocked: Camp X: Camp X
Jack and George have assumed new identities and are back at work as special operatives, keeping an eye out for suspicious activity at an ammunitions plant.
Eric Walters, 2009
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Shell-shocked: Civilians Under Siege in Mogadishu
Key recommendations -- Background -- Mogadishu under siege : January-April 2007 -- International humanitarian law and the armed conflict in Somalia -- Patterns of abuses by parties to the conflict in Mogadishu -- A case study in laws of war ...
Human Rights Watch (Organization), 2007
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Ken Saro-Wiwa: Writer and Political Activist
In ancestral farmlands Streams polluted weeping Filth into murky rivers It is the poisoned air Coursing the luckless lungs Of dying children Ogoni is the dream Breaking the looping chain Around the drooping neck of a shell-shocked land.2 ...
Craig W. McLuckie, Aubrey McPhail, 2000
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Deka Parsec - Or Shell-Shocked Views of Life
The writing of this book has afforded him pleasure in his leisure moments, and that pleasure would be much increased if he knew that the perusal of it would create any bond of sympathy between himself and the angling community in general.
Louis Molnar, 2007
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Shell Shocked
NOTE: This novel contains erotic scenes of hot men celebrating pagan holidays in an accurate depiction of the Wheel of the Year.
Angelia Sparrow, Naomi Brooks, 2010
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Broken Men: Shell Shock, Treatment and Recovery in Britain ...
Yet this immediate message was reinforced by a very particular demand: by the late 1920s, those caring for shell- shocked men were trying to create a special place for them in public memories of the war, and were arguing that shell- shocked ...
Fiona Reid, 2014
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Introducing English Grammar
Unit. of. sense/Sentence. fragment. Unleashed upon a shell-shocked mr Toast was an ultimately unsuccessful weight-loss program. It was an ultimately unsuccessful weight-loss program that was unleashed upon a shell-shocked mr Toast.
Kersti Börjars, Kate Burridge, 2010
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Deka Parsec: Shell-shocked Views of Life
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Louis Molnar, Grafton Publishing Corporation. pbl, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHELL-SHOCKED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shell-shocked is used in the context of the following news items.
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Shell-shocked Tulsa airport tightens security
An explosive was found at the Tulsa International Airport (TIA), and that is just the sort of thing that the Department of Justice is trying to prevent. Security officials ... «KOKI FOX 23, Jul 15»
2
Journey to Isis: from astrophysics student to shell-shocked Islamist …
The night Rasid Tugral vanished from his home in the Turkish capital of Ankara, the 26-year-old packed no suitcase, stuffed less than €100 of cash into his ... «Newsweek, May 15»
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Somerset vs Worcestershire match report: Marcus Trescothick left …
Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick admitted he was “shell-shocked” after seeing his team lose their third game of the new season. Worcestershire, having ... «The Independent, May 15»
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Lions 'shell-shocked' in offence, says Leppa
"We're a bit shell-shocked in offense because we're doing a lot of defensive work, but we're not doing the defensive work that well. So we're caught in between a ... «AFL.com.au, Apr 15»
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'Shell-shocked:' new details about NBC's handling of the Brian …
The anchor "appeared shell-shocked" when the scandal emerged, rendering him unable to respond effectively. In February, amid the series of embarrassing ... «CNNMoney, Apr 15»
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Hundreds of thousands of children shell-shocked after the war in Gaza
Hundreds of thousands of children shell-shocked after the war in Gaza. More than 370,000 children have been left shell-shocked by last year's Israeli attack on ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
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Wales' cabinet reshuffle 'shell-shocked' Jeff Cuthbert
One of the ministers dropped from the Welsh cabinet has said he was "shell-shocked" to lose his job in Carwyn Jones's reshuffle. Jeff Cuthbert, who was minister ... «BBC News, Sep 14»
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Kimberley Walsh: I'm shell-shocked!
"Like most new mums, I feel a bit shell-shocked," Kimberley told the mag, adding: "But Justin's being an amazing support and fortunately feeding is going well so ... «Belfast Telegraph, Sep 14»
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'Shell-shocked' farmer sells a sheep for £152000
To the untrained eye, the latest ram to be sold at the agricultural market in Lanark, Scotland, is just another sheep, albeit with a rather fine coat. To Alan ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
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Roberts admits he was 'shell-shocked' when legend Giggs entered …
Wales centre Jamie Roberts has revealed that he was given advice from Welsh football legend Ryan Giggs after their Six Nations defeat to England at ... «Daily Mail, Mar 14»

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