Shockable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Able to be shocked.

    "One answer comes from the fact that it takes a great deal of force to shock quartz. Indeed, until recently, it wasn’t believed that quartz was shockable."

  2. 2
    Easily shocked.
  3. 3
    Capable of being treated by defibrillator.

    "shockable rhythm"

Adjective
  1. 1
    capable of being shocked wordnet

Synonyms

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narrow mindednarrow-minded

Example

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"One answer comes from the fact that it takes a great deal of force to shock quartz. Indeed, until recently, it wasn’t believed that quartz was shockable."

Etymology

From shock + -able.

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