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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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Come Out of Your Shellgo into one's shellshell outshell outshock and awecome out of one's shellbreak out of your shellgo into one's shellcome out of one's shellsticker shock

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