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SHELL SHOCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare
Synonyms:
battle fatigue; combat fatigue; combat neurosis; shell shock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("shell shock" is a kind of...):
posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD (an anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events and characterized by such symptoms as survivor guilt, reliving the trauma in dreams, numbness and lack of involvement with reality, or recurrent thoughts and images)
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