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                                                      : affected by shock : stricken with sudden mental or emotional disturbance                                      
              
                             
"Oh, no!" Mrs. Quimby was shocked. "How much is that going to cost?"— Beverly Cleary
Beverly Cleary
                                       … I am so shocked to see him that I do not know what to do.— Jane Austen
Jane Austen
                         
                
                    
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                                                      : showing or expressing shock                                      
              
                             
Her voice faltered as she saw the shocked amazement on her father's face.— Mary Norton
Mary Norton
                                       In place of a roar at the end of the year's most anticipated race, there was only a shocked silence.— Tim Layden
Tim Layden
                         
                
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                                of a mineral 
                                  
              
          
                                                      : having a crystal structure that has been deformed by exposure to sudden extremely high pressure (as from a meteorite impact or a nuclear blast)                                      
              
                             
Grains of shocked quartz have long been used as criteria for impact (extraterrestrial objects or nuclear bombs) …— Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould
                         
                
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