shock

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1. blow, jar, jolt, turn, start, staggering blow; impact, brunt, clash, collision, crash, Inf. crack-up, Inf. smash-up, Inf. crunch; appulse, bump, encounter, jostle, jounce, brush, bounce, jerk; assault, attack, offense, insult.

2. agitation, perturbation, disturbance, distress; conflict, upset, turmoil; setback, comedown, check; surprise, amazement, astonishment, dismay; horror, fear, repulsion, revulsion.

3. earthquake, quake, vibration, shaking, quaking, tremor; explosion, blowup, detonation, blast, burst, shock wave, shock force; eruption, outburst, torrent, rush; disaster, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm.

5. traumatism, trauma, state of shock, prostration, stupor, stupefaction; paralysis, stroke, concussion, breakdown, collapse; shell shock, battle fatigue.

5. startler, shocker, bolt out of the blue, thunderbolt, thunderclap, bomb, bombshell,1 blockbuster, earth-shaker, eyeopener, revelation, Inf. switch, Inf. kicker, Inf. joker, Inf. kick in the teeth.

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6. stagger, bowl over, take one's breath away, boggle, boggle the mind, strike dumb, dumfound, overwhelm, bewilder, give a turn, confound, Inf. flabbergast; paralyze, stupefy, electrify, galvanize; revolt, repel, horrify, appall, make one's hair stand on end, make one's blood curdle or run cold, freeze the blood; jar, jolt, stun, shake, shake up, throw off, throw off balance, Inf. discombobulate; disgust, scandalize, raise eyebrows, offend; surprise, astonish, astound, startle; disturb, upset, perturb, stir, agitate; disquiet, discompose, unsettle, catch unprepared, catch off-guard, Sl. curl one's hair.

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1. bunch, stand, cluster, clump, tussock, hassock, stack, cock, rick, sheaf, mow, Brit. stook.

2. thatch, mass, pile, mop, mane, crop; tuft, hank, lock, knot, forelock, cowlick.