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• n  the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
• n  trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness
• n  a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body

• electrical shock
• shock

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  FAYETTEVILLE, AR -- Four people are in the hospital after suffering from electric shock at a Fayetteville construction site. Emergency crews responded to The Vue Apartments off Stadium Drive and Zenith on Sunday afternoon.
  June 9, 2013 - KARK Little Rock
• 3 people electrically shocked at Bellaire festival
  Two women and an 8-year-old boy were electrically shocked Saturday night after a line fell off a ride at a festival in Bellaire. Belmont County dispatchers said an emergency squad from Neffs Fire Department was called in to the All-American Days festival about 8 p.m. after reports of a woman suffering from electric shock. NEWS9 talked to Jaime Falcone, who said she was waiting in line for the ...
  June 9, 2013 - WTOV 9 Steubenville