"shockable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more shockable [comparative], most shockable [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒkəbəl Etymology: From shock + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shock|able}} shock + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} shockable (comparative more shockable, superlative most shockable)
  1. Able to be shocked.
    Sense id: en-shockable-en-adj-YhuLUb7~ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 63 23 14
  2. Easily shocked.
    Sense id: en-shockable-en-adj-6LkCAeEP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 46 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 61 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 77 5
  3. (medicine) Capable of being treated by defibrillator.
    Sense id: en-shockable-en-adj-1O~x8wJd Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonshockable, unshockable
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