shell shock

Speech parts

1. shell shock - Noun

2. shell shock - Verb

Meaning

a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

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Alternative names

shell-shock

Synonyms

battle fatigue combat fatigue combat neurosis neurosis shock concussion stun bruise contusion posttraumatic stress disorder phobia traumatism trauma conversion hysteria hysterical neurosis

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Antonyms

solution benefit interpretation explanation relief comfort

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Hypernyms

PTSD posttraumatic stress disorder

Examples

And I think after a couple of minutes of shell shock, it finally sunk in, and we were like, ‘Well how? Source: Internet

Around that time, soldiers were returning from World War I, and some had what was called, at the time, “shell shock.” Source: Internet

Graves also suffered from shell shock, or neurasthenia as it was then called, but he was never hospitalised for it: I thought of going back to France, but realised the absurdity of the notion. Source: Internet

He suffered a breakdown due to shell shock (which we now call post-traumatic stress disorder but which was then often thought, by those without first-hand experience of it, to be a species of malingering) and was eventually sent home. Source: Internet

Soon afterwards, Owen was diagnosed as suffering from neurasthenia or shell shock and sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh for treatment. Source: Internet

World War I saw a massive increase of conditions that came to be termed " shell shock ". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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