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• v  surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
• v  strike with disgust or revulsion
• v  strike with horror or terror
• v  collide violently
• v  collect or gather into shocks
• v  subject to electrical shocks
• v  inflict a trauma upon
• s  glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism
• s  giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation
  the most shocking book of its time

• Are you sitting down? Because I have some shocking news.
• An advertisement for a Charlie Chaplin film was a promise of happiness, of that precious, almost shocking moment when art delivers what life cannot, when experience and delight .
• Ready for a shocking fashion statement? The No-Contact Jacket may look pretty fly, but it's also a piece of serious personal-defense technology.

• shock
• floor
• ball over
• blow out of the water
• take aback
• offend
• scandalize
• scandalise
• appal
• appall
• outrage
• traumatize
• traumatise
• lurid
• disgraceful
• scandalous
• shameful

News & Articles

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• James Gandolfini Dead: Details on His Shocking Death, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's Baby Name "Does Not Start With a ...
  Details about James Gandolifini 's shocking death revealed, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West 's baby name "does not start with a K," and Rachel Zoe is pregnant with her second child: See Us Weekly' s top 5 stories from Thursday, June 20, in the roundup!
  June 21, 2013 - US Weekly
• HTC CEO refuses to quit as executive pay is slashed in half
  When HTC posted its worst-ever earnings last quarter as profit plummeted a shocking 98%, all eyes turned to chief executive Peter Chou. “If HTC fails one more time, then they’ll be under pressure to replace the CEO,” one industry watcher said. As the company’s struggles continue, The Wall Street Journal spoke to CEO Peter Chou about his future with the company, and he insisted he is still the ...
  June 21, 2013 - BGR News via Yahoo! News
• Woman makes shocking discovery when unmasking robber
  Woman makes shocking discovery when unmasking robber Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 8:46 am, Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Police say a New Mexico woman who confronted a masked intruder in her home stumbled upon a shocking discovery when she ripped off his disguise - the robber ...
  June 19, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise

Quotes

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• Dan Gilbert in Wall Street Journal
  This shocking act of disloyalty from our home grown 'chosen one' sends the exact opposite lesson of what we would want our children to learn,Mr. Gilbert said in the letter.
• Paul McCartney in Telegraph.co.uk
  Sir Paul McCartney, who dueted with Jackson in the early 1980s on Say Say Say, said : "It's so sad and shocking. I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. His music will be...
• Bill Nelson in AFP
  This all shows the oil industry holds shocking sway over the administration and even key federal employees,said Nelson, who is an opponent of expanded offshore leasing that President George W. Bush has been demanding from Congress.