electroshock
noun
elec·tro·shock
i-ˈlek-trō-ˌshäk 
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By the late 1920s, police everywhere in the country used third-degree tactics such as brutal beatings, electroshock, and waterboarding to secure confessions.
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Nov. 2024
Milioti deliciously and strategically navigates Sofia’s descent into the mad state of someone forced to endure the harsh living conditions of Arkham, the intense electroshock treatments, and the even more unforgivable sin of gaslighting.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
When the twins were four, her family arranged for her to be treated at St. Andrew’s Hospital, the exclusive facility where her mother had undergone electroshock.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
That's when presidential candidate George McGovern decided to replace his running mate, Missouri's Thomas Eagleton, on the Democratic ticket after news broke that Eagleton had been hospitalized for depression and underwent electroshock treatment.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Nov. 2024
Milioti deliciously and strategically navigates Sofia’s descent into the mad state of someone forced to endure the harsh living conditions of Arkham, the intense electroshock treatments, and the even more unforgivable sin of gaslighting.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 14 Oct. 2024
When the twins were four, her family arranged for her to be treated at St. Andrew’s Hospital, the exclusive facility where her mother had undergone electroshock.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
That's when presidential candidate George McGovern decided to replace his running mate, Missouri's Thomas Eagleton, on the Democratic ticket after news broke that Eagleton had been hospitalized for depression and underwent electroshock treatment.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 18 July 2024
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electroshock
noun
elec·tro·shock
-trō-ˌshäk
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