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shockable

shockable adjective: able to be shocked.

Adjective

shockable (comparative more shockable, superlative most shockable)

  1. Able to be shocked.
    • One answer comes from the fact that it takes a great deal of force to shock quartz. Indeed, until recently, it wasn’t believed that quartz was shockable.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 44
  2. Easily shocked.
  3. Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
    • shockable rhythm
    • Ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) are considered shockable and thus require defibrillation.2015, Rachel K. Thomas, Elize Richards, Cathy Taylor, Practical Medical Procedures at a Glance, page 67

Forms of shockable

comparativemore shockable
superlativemost shockable

Origin of shockable

From shock + -able.

Words formed from shockable

Words that rhyme with shockable

Questions about shockable

What does shockable mean?
Shockable means able to be shocked.
What part of speech is shockable?
Shockable is an adjective.

Words near shockable in the dictionary

  1. shock-stall
  2. shock-stalled
  3. shock-stalling
  4. shock-stalls
  5. shockability
  6. shockable
  7. shockdog
  8. shockdogs
  9. shocked
  10. shocked and awed
  11. shocked Pikachu

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