Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suffering from shell shock.
- adjective Stunned, distressed, or exhausted from a prolonged trauma or an unexpected difficulty.
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- adjective dated
Stunned or mentallyunbalanced by prolongedstress such as experienced incombat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering frompost-traumatic stress disorder . - adjective figuratively
Confused as a result of atraumatic experience .
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Examples
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By targeting mortgage lending, Mr. Clark said he can capture new customers neglected by U.S. banks still shell-shocked from the American housing bust.
How Canada's TD Bank Is Invading U.S. Market Caroline Van Hasselt 2011
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In addition, Target's credit card division is running into trouble as shell-shocked shoppers aren't able to pay their bills.
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"I think the players are shell-shocked," Reid said.
Silence is the new Plymouth sound at shell-shocked Home Park | Jeremy Alexander 2011
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At school together in south London, they had found it easy to stay in touch in their twenties, and still possible in a shell-shocked way round babies in their early thirties; then Julie and her husband had moved north and it was the roaring forties that had forced friendship to take a back seat in the interests of survival.
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Mr. Obama now leads a party that isn't merely shell-shocked, but probably headed for a period of soul-searching and recrimination.
In Washington, an Awkward Triangle of Power Gerald F. Seib 2010
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Then there was Morris Possoni; for the first half of the season he was riding in a trance, shell-shocked by the different approach.
Sky highs and Sky lows: Looking at Team Sky’s first year in the pro peloton 2010
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As shell-shocked residents shifted through the splinters of their homes, some vowed the town will return.
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In addition, Target's credit card division is running into trouble as shell-shocked shoppers aren't able to pay their bills.
Is Target Too Expensive? Profit Down 41% - The Consumerist 2009
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Two people stumble past your window, shell-shocked.
Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011
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But while Ike could not envision the coming Suez storm, he was acutely aware that he was assuming the presidency in a dangerous world still shell-shocked from World War II.
Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011
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