electroshock

noun

elec·​tro·​shock i-ˈlek-trō-ˌshäk 

1

: shock entry 1 sense 3

2

: electroshock therapy

Examples of electroshock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The chaotic sounds of feet tapping, knives clinking, and electroshocks buzzing create anxiety throughout the film, but when Para One’s music plays, the film communicates that de Saint Phalle has reached a breakthrough. —Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024

The rocket also has the ability to zap drones with the company's PYTHON electroshock device. —David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2024

Troubled by the changes in their niece, Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) and Uncle Henry (Matt Clark) bring her to a psychiatric hospital where, on the verge of being subjected to a primitive form of electroshock treatment, she’s whisked away to Oz again. —Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024

By the late 1920s, police everywhere in the country used third-degree tactics such as brutal beatings, electroshock, and waterboarding to secure confessions. —Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing electroshock

• electroshock therapy

Rhymes for electroshock

• aftershock
• antiknock
• arawak
• hollyhock
• interlock
• isopach
• manioc
• shuttlecock
• tomahawk
• weathercock
• alcock
• beanstalk

Medical Definition

electroshock

noun

elec·​tro·​shock -trō-ˌshäk 

1

: shock sense 3

2

: electroconvulsive therapy