"shell-shocked" meaning in English

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        "Stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder."
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        "(dated) Stunned or mentally unbalanced by prolonged stress such as experienced in combat or under fire (shell-fire); suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder."
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          "ref": "2016, Rosie Blake, chapter 15, in How to Find Your (First) Husband, London: Corvus, →ISBN, page 129:",
          "text": "I lay there, momentarily shell-shocked as, hungover and jet-lagged, I tried to remember what I was doing today. Something important.",
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          "ref": "2022 July 13, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 961, page 71:",
          "text": "A family from Knebworth has been left shell-shocked by the return of their beloved tortoise, more than eight months after she went missing.",
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        "(figuratively) Confused as a result of a traumatic experience."
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