jolt
verb (SHOCK) /dʒəʊlt/
/dʒoʊlt/ Definition
› [T] to shock someone in order to change their behaviour or way of thinking: The charity used photos of starving children in an attempt to jolt the public conscience (= make them feel guilty and take action).Making people sad, shocked and upset jolt sb into/out of sth › to give someone a sudden shock that forces them to act: The news about Sam's illness jolted her into action.Causing somebody to actUrging and persuading
(Definition of jolt verb (SHOCK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a kick up the arse/backside idiom
- arm-twisting noun
- bludgeon verb
- bounce sb into sth phrasal verb
- bulldoze verb
- coerce verb
- coercion noun
- dragoon sb into sth phrasal verb
- duress noun
- feed sb to the lions idiom
- force sb's hand idiom
- forcible adjective (GIVING NO CHOICE)
- put the heat on sb idiom
- put/tighten the screws on sb idiom
- railroad verb
- ram sth down sb's throat idiom
- ram sth into sb phrasal verb
- reduce sb to sth phrasal verb
- shanghai verb
- trap verb
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Causing somebody to act
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