1.  electric shock(n = noun.act) - the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture; "they used cattle prods to administer electric shocks"
is a kind of torture, torturing, corporal punishment

2.  electric shock(n = noun.state) - trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness;
is a kind of harm, hurt, injury, trauma

3.  electric shock(n = noun.act) electrical shock, shock - a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body; "subjects received a small electric shock when they made the wrong response"; "electricians get accustomed to occasional shocks"
is a kind of inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex

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