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/ʃɔk/
Translation
shock, impact
Word origin
A sixteenth-century noun drawn from the verb choquer ('to strike against, to collide'), which French probably took from a Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schokken ('to shake, to jolt'). English borrowed the French pair as 'shock'.
- Origin
- Middle Dutch
- Root
- schokken
- English cognates
- shock
Grammar
Examples
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The impact was so violent that both cars are destroyed.
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The news of his death was a shock for the whole family.
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This helmet protects the head in the event of an impact.
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She is still in shock.
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The clash of cultures makes itself felt from the very first week.
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