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shock wave

NOUN
sudden strong wave
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I struggled to regain my composure after the first shock wave pierced my heart.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

Some advanced treatments, such as high-intensity laser therapy and shock wave therapy, provided moderate improvements.

From Science Daily Mar. 30, 2026

In a post on Facebook, the council also quoted eyewitnesses as saying that the shock wave was palpable, and all emergency services quickly arrived at the scene.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

The scientists also detected a new shock wave forming and colliding along the jet, which they linked to trillion-electron-volt energy levels observed in an unusual gamma-ray signal detected in 2017.

From Science Daily Oct. 14, 2025

The shock wave sent me spinning in one direction and Mo in the other.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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