shell shock


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Synonyms for shell shock

a mental disorder caused by stress of active warfare

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ShellTech will begin by assembling Shell Shock Technologies' popular 9mm cases, with plans to soon add 5.56mm, .308, .45 ACP, .380 and .40 S&W cases, along with an assortment of other popular pistol and rifle calibers.
Special dies are required for sizing/decapping and expanding/ flaring due to the two-part construction of the Shell Shock case.
Ian said: "Shell shock was a blanket term covering the effects on men of the many horrors of war, including gas, flame throwers, and seeing men slaughtered in horrific circumstances.
Justin Bieber launched the collection, Cellairis by Justin Bieber, with the company in early June which includes a variety of cell phone cases, tablet cases and screen protectors, such as the Justin Bieber Shell Shock: G-Class [TM] screen protector which will be put to the test in the Tweet Punisher.
Shell Shock Cinema focuses on four films, each of which is analyzed in a separate chapter.
Those who were diagnosed with shell shock had to deal with the stigma surrounding the sickness.
Bring a note of underwater mystery to interior spaces with the luxurious mother-of-pearl mosaics from Shell Shock Designs.
Many - if not all of them - were suffering from shell shock, now know as post-traumatic stress disorder.
The case was adjourned for reconsideration after an hour of argument in which Mr Fitzgerald suggested that Dr Reid's decision earlier this year upholding previous MoD decisions not to grant a posthumous pardon may have been a "charade", and the minister had failed to approach the shell shock issue with "an open mind".
He is recovering from a severely wounded hand, shell shock, and an allergic reaction to morphine that has kept him from thinking clearly for days.
SHELL SHOCK The Secrets and Spin of an Oil Giant By Ian Cummins and John Beasant published by Mainstream Publishing ISBN 1 84018 941 x price 16.99 [pounds sterling] hardback
The immediate effect that The Passion has is one of spiritual shell shock. When we see its Christ hanging under the murderous heat of the Palestinian sun on the inaugural Good Friday, and hear Satan scream with all the fury of Hell at love's triumph, then there is no doubting that something has changed inside of us.