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Shock may refer to:
Medical conditions
- Shock (circulatory), a circulatory medical emergency
- Acute stress reaction, often termed 'shock' by laypersons, a psychological condition in response to terrifying events
- Post-traumatic stress disorder, a long-term complication of acute stress reaction
Other meanings
- Shock (economics), an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy
- Shocks (Image Processing)
- Electric shock
- Shock (mechanics)
- short for "Shock absorber"
- Shock wave, one example being a sonic boom
- Shock site, a website that is intended to be offensive or shocking to most viewers
- Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic, usually done by specially trained shock troops.
- Shock troops, troops trained for shock tactics, usually heavy cavalry or infantry
- The Detroit Shock, a professional women's basketball team
In the arts
- Shock (troupe), a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe
- Shock (1946 film), starring Vincent Price
- Shock (novel), a 2001 novel by Robin Cook
- Shock (2004 film), a 2004 Tamil film starring Prashanth Thyagarajan
- Shock (2006 film), a 2006 Telugu film
- The Shock (1923 film), a 1923 silent film
- Shock Records, an Australian record label
See also
- Culture shock
- Future shock
- Sticker shock
- Combat stress reaction, or "shell shock"
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