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1. shock
noun. ['ˈʃɑːk'] the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally.
Synonyms
- daze
- stupefaction
Antonyms
- stay in place
- succeed
- understate
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Rhymes with Shock Wave
- misbehave
- shortwave
- aftershave
- mcclave
- kunaev
- enslave
- engrave
- deprave
- concave
- unfav
- lefave
- lafave
- forgave
- behave
- stave
- slave
- quave
- grave
- crave
- brave
- waive
- they've
- shave
- schave
- save
- rave
- pave
- nave
- mave
- lave
Sentences with shock-wave
1. Noun Phrase
For example, a seismograph is a tool that measures shock waves as they pass through the earth.
2. Noun Phrase
If a large rock deep underground shifts position, a shock wave will travel outward from it.
3. Noun Phrase
This shock wave then bounces back and forth throughout the system.
4. Noun Phrase
Rehabilitation efforts may include electromagnetic pulse and shock wave treatments as well as laser and ultrasound therapy.
2. shock
verb. ['ˈʃɑːk'] surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off.
Synonyms
- ball over
- take aback
- blow out of the water
- galvanise
- galvanize
- floor
- surprise
Antonyms
- anchovy butter
- fishpaste
- oleomargarine
- paste
3. shock
verb. ['ˈʃɑːk'] strike with disgust or revulsion.
Synonyms
- scandalize
- outrage
- churn up
- disgust
- scandalise
- sicken
- appal
- nauseate
- offend
- revolt
Antonyms
- margarine
- pimento butter
- nut butter
- humus
4. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).
Synonyms
- comber
- roller
- whitecap
- roll
- rolling wave
- movement
- surge
- motion
- white horse
- lift
- rippling
- wavelet
- ripple
- riffle
- wake
- surf
- backwash
- breaker
- tsunami
- billow
- swell
- swash
- crestless wave
- breakers
- moving ridge
- rise
Antonyms
- lower
- begin
- unfold
- anesthetize
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. wave
verb. ['ˈweɪv'] signal with the hands or nod.
Synonyms
- motion
- gesture
- beckon
Antonyms
- disarrange
- deglycerolize
- pressurize
- depressurise
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon.
Synonyms
- motion
- motility
- move
Antonyms
- opening
- retreat
- boo
- moving
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth.
Synonyms
- blast wave
- traveling wave
- gravitation wave
- travelling wave
- oscillation
- movement
- motion
- pulsation
- acoustic wave
- sine wave
- flapping
- stationary wave
- fluctuation
- flutter
- impulse
- wave form
- fluttering
- pulsing
- sound wave
- gravity wave
- shock wave
- standing wave
- pulse
- vibration
- seiche
- wave shape
- undulation
- flap
Antonyms
- stay
- ebb
- deflate
- worsen
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. wave
verb. ['ˈweɪv'] move or swing back and forth.
Synonyms
- brandish
- take hold
- flourish
- displace
- move
- hold
Antonyms
- winterize
- summerize
- ascend
- rise
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. wave
verb. ['ˈweɪv'] move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion.
Synonyms
- luff
- move
- flap
- roll
Antonyms
- unsettled
- unready
- disarranged
- soft
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. wave
noun. ['ˈweɪv'] something that rises rapidly.
Antonyms
- cause to sleep
Etymology
- waven (Middle English (1100-1500))
- wafian (Old English (ca. 450-1100))