shock treatment
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • Jan. 4, 2024
Oil prices are down around 4% since Wednesday as the shock treatment seemed to take effect.
From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2021
Soon after, his mother had a severe nervous breakdown and was given electric shock treatment.
From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2020
Toasted ground cumin and pungent cilantro complete the shock treatment; brace yourself for some heat and the numbing effect of the Sichuan spicing.
From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2017
It wasn't the shock treatment that struck me, so much as the bare-faced treachery of Doctor Nolan.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
