electroshock

Speech parts

1. electroshock - Noun

2. electroshock - Verb

Meaning

the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

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After the confederate was separated from the subject, the confederate set up a tape recorder integrated with the electroshock generator, which played prerecorded sounds for each shock level. Source: Internet

After the convention ended, it was discovered that Eagleton had undergone psychiatric electroshock therapy for depression and had concealed this information from McGovern. Source: Internet

Jeanette Mae King was her mother’s third child, her birth sparking her mother’s severe case of postpartum depression followed by a nervous breakdown and electroshock therapy that erased some of her memory, Fishburn said. Source: Internet

GREEN was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent time in psychiatric hospitals undergoing electroshock therapy. Source: Internet

Powell, who suffered from alcoholism and mental illness (possibly exacerbated by a severe police beating and electroshock treatments), had to be helped from the stage, unable to play or speak coherently. Source: Internet

Everybody seems to get an electroshock and sing, as soon as Niall pronounces the first words, with an incredible energy. Source: Internet

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