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View synonyms for electroshock

electroshock

[ ih-lek-truh-shok ]

verb (used with object)

  1. Psychiatry. to administer electroconvulsive therapy to.
  2. to pass an electric current through.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of electroshock1

First recorded in 1940–45; electro- + shock 1

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Example Sentences

There was his teenage electroshock therapy, for one thing (it failed to cure his bisexuality—go figure).

Beth Dawes (Alexis Bledel) underwent electroshock therapy to cast off the gray clouds surrounding her.

He wasn't interested in talking about the electroshock or waterboarding he was subjected to in prison.

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