| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. Violent forcible contact between two or more things: bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, percussion, shock1, smash. See CONFLICT. 2. Something that jars the mind or emotions: blow2, shock1. Psychiatry : trauma. See STRIKE. | | VERB: | 1. To proceed with sudden, abrupt movements: bump, jerk. See REPETITION. 2. To cause to experience a sudden momentary shock: electrify, shock1, startle. See EXCITE, SURPRISE.
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