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shock treatment
noun as in electric shock therapy
noun as in electroconvulsive therapy
noun as in shock therapy
Example Sentences
She was tired of carrying the Congress party on her back and saw the presidency as a way to deliver a "shock treatment to her party, thereby giving it a new stimulus".
He has no intention of pivoting or changing his approach to his shock and awe politics and shock treatment of the American people and their democracy and society.
That having been noted, the pain the Trump administration’s shock treatment will cause the American people will still be great.
He has said that "shock treatment" would be needed to drag the country out of its economic crisis, and added that those who opposed him would usher in "a social catastrophe of biblical proportions".
After being sworn in last month, President Milei told Argentines that a "shock treatment" would be needed to drag the country out of the economic crisis in which it has been mired.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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