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short sharp shocks

short sharp shocks is the plural of short sharp shock.

Meaning of short sharp shock

Noun

short sharp shock (plural short sharp shocks)

  1. (UK) A regime intended to deter crime by making an immediate severe impact.
    • While COVID-19 has provided a short, sharp shock to the industry, the end hopefully appears to be in sight.2020 December 2, Mark Phillips, “Rebuilding Rail in the 2020s”, in Rail, page 47

Questions about short sharp shocks

What is short sharp shocks the plural of?
Short sharp shocks is the plural of short sharp shock.

Words near short sharp shocks in the dictionary

  1. short sell
  2. short seller
  3. short sellers
  4. short selling
  5. short sharp shock
  6. short sharp shocks
  7. short sheet
  8. short sheeted
  9. short sheeting
  10. short sheets
  11. short shift

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