Synonyms for shell shock


Grammar : Noun


Définition of shell shock

  • noun battle fatigue
Example sentences :
  • He wondered if she could have had a slight touch of shell shock.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • Dr. Owen thinks my trouble is shell shock, but he is mistaken.
  • Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett
  • "He's suffering from shell shock or something," Connie said.
  • Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • We know so little about shell shock, so often the impossible happens.
  • Extract from : « Leerie » by Ruth Sawyer
  • Now he has heard about shell shock as a result of a similar experience.
  • Extract from : « The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land » by Ralph Connor
  • He had been mad—he remembered the doctor saying so—In France—shell shock.
  • Extract from : « Futurist Stories » by Margery Verner Reed
  • It wasn't the bomb that defeated us, but our own shell shock.
  • Extract from : « Youth » by Isaac Asimov
  • His chin was twitching just like a fellow after shell shock.
  • Extract from : « Over Here » by Hector MacQuarrie
  • Back in hospital I was found to be suffering from shell shock.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • He was then seized with shell shock and became uncontrollable.
  • Extract from : « S.O.S. Stand to! » by Reginald Grant

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