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Essentially it is made of bones known as vertebrae with a disc for shock absorption between the vertebrae.
His death evoked widespread regret and shock amongst his many friends and acquaintances.
It didn't kill the wasps, the nest was made of paper so it absorbed the shock and just split open.
The acetylides of silver, copper, mercury, and gold are detonated by heat, friction, or shock.
The anger still lingered even now, but then the shock had been such that she gave birth before her time.
On explosion, the warhead produces a great fragmentation effect and shock wave.
Only ears attuned to the metre will hear it, but the shock of recognition is matched by a jarring discord.
This suggests that Japan's stagnation will continue absent a drastic shock to the system.
Ordinarily you shouldn't open these units as there is the chance of electric shock, as well as the fact this will invalidate your warranty.
The TUC launched a campaign on Call Centres and the issue of workers suffering acoustic shock has been highlighted in many Press reports.
And from my point of view, he was one of those players who needed a shock to pull his horns in.
She wants none of him, and dreams that some day her prince will come, only to get a shock when Perseus appears and proves to be a wally.
A variation on the water cannon is a device which allows an electric shock to be directed via the fluid.
A consultant has documented 300 cases of acoustic shock and the problem is well known.
The jets contain relativistic winds that interact and collide, creating shock waves and emitting high-energy X-rays and gamma rays.
Peripheral rewarming can be associated with shock, acidosis and hyperkalemia when cold, acidotic peripheral blood is returned centrally.
Angry England fans vented their frustration at their team's shock last-minute defeat by France last night.
The company has already paid out 90,000 pounds to one worker suffering from acoustic shock.
But it was a huge shock to New Zealanders to see an act of terrorism take place within our coastal waters, and in our terrestrial areas, as well.
A failed attempt to abduct a legislator's son came to light yesterday, sending shock waves though the legislature's staff.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Such a letter is calculated to shock us in our modern notions of a churchman.
Nelsen felt the scared earnestness of the appeal, and the achy shock of the compliment.
With a shock of horror, the man heard the hiss of escaping air as Kreega's beak and fingers finally worried the airhose loose.
But Angkor Thom and the principal monuments were situated near the Siamese frontier and felt the shock of every collision.
It was something of a shock to find that her colorful peasant getup was antiseptically sheathed in a white laboratory coat.
I mean, he says things to make a sensationto shock or astound his audience.
He boasted the shock of his power would be felt from Montreal to Athabasca.
In his bachelor apartment, Troy was sprawled on the edge of his bed when the first shock wave struck.
The bareness of it, the implication of it, gave a shock, as of a sudden accusation.
There for some moments the baronet lay half dazed by the shock of his fall.
Now that the first shock was over, she saw that there was every reason to premise a Mrs. bast.
We who were near to Helen have been slow to recover from the shock and the bitterness of her death.
The shock of that sudden release had jarred the whole atmosphere inside the reaction chamber, and the bleeder valve had let go.
It was the bit of briony which I had carried unwittingly a long, long way, through all my first shock of trouble.
He was sure of his ally, and very glad to use him as a buffer to receive the first shock.
It could not be denied that buttle received a mental shock which verged in its suddenness on being almost a physical one.
You say he was in a state of catatonic shock when they removed him from the machine?
It is a distinct shock to find he has only Chianti or cheeses or garbage in stock.
I was in a world to myself, and the abnormality of it brought a mental shock.
It is able to resist any shock that carbon steel itself could not stand.
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