electroshock
noun
elec·tro·shock
i-ˈlek-trō-ˌshäk 
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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.
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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
Watch Goldberg discuss her mother getting electroshock treatment above.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 2 May 2024
According to Peña and Álvarez’s attorney, he was beaten with a bat and tortured with electroshocks.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
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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
Watch Goldberg discuss her mother getting electroshock treatment above.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 2 May 2024
According to Peña and Álvarez’s attorney, he was beaten with a bat and tortured with electroshocks.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
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electroshock
noun
elec·tro·shock
-trō-ˌshäk
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