shell shock
noun
RareNot in standard dictionaries
1
A psychiatric condition characterized by fatigue caused by battle; it is not a current diagnosis in medicine, but it corresponds largely with the current diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.
2
A person with the condition.
3
A stunning shock.
4
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shell, shock.
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