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shell shock

A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle.
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'shell shock':

shell shockUsed other than as an idiom: see shell, shock.
shell shockA stunning shock.
shell shockA person with the condition.
shell shockTo stun or debilitate as by a shock.
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shock and awecome out of one's shellCome Out of Your Shellbreak out of your shellcome out of one's shellshell outgo into one's shellsticker shockgo into one's shellshell out

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