shocking+event

  • 1Shocking Shorts Award — Der Shocking Shorts Award ist ein Kurzfilmpreis, den der Sender 13th Street Universal seit seinem Start 1999 an Nachwuchsregisseure vergibt und der der Förderung des Filmnachwuchs dient. Jedes Jahr kürt eine prominente Jury den besten Kurzfilm… …

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  • 2tragic event — shocking occurrence, event which causes sadness …

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  • 3shock — 1 noun 1 SHOCKING EVENT/SITUATION (countable usually singular) an unexpected and unpleasant event, situation, or piece of news that surprises and upsets you: It was a real shock to hear that the factory would have to close. | come as a shock (=be …

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  • 4France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 5scandal — I noun aspersion, attaint, bad name, bad reputation, bad repute, baseness, brand, censure, damaging report, dedecoration, defamation, degradation, disapprobation, disapproval, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, humiliation,… …

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  • 6Far-Seer — infobox Book | name = Far Seer image caption = The cover of the Tor reissue of Far Seer , the first book in the Quintaglio Ascension Trilogy. Pictured is the protagonist, Sal Afsan. author = Robert J. Sawyer cover artist = Thomas Kidd country =… …

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  • 7affair — af|fair [ ə fer ] noun *** ▸ 1 political events ▸ 2 events in personal life ▸ 3 shocking event ▸ 4 sexual relationship ▸ 5 event, situation, etc. ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) affairs plural events and activities relating to the government, politics, economy …

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  • 8shocker — shock|er [ ʃakər ] noun count INFORMAL something shocking a. a newspaper report about a shocking event, or a report that describes something in a deliberately shocking way b. a book, movie, or play about something shocking …

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  • 9shocker — UK [ˈʃɒkə(r)] / US [ˈʃɑkər] noun [countable] Word forms shocker : singular shocker plural shockers informal 1) something shocking a) a newspaper report about a shocking event, or a report that describes something in a deliberately shocking way b) …

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  • 10Excited utterance — An excited utterance, in the law of evidence, is a statement made by a person in response to a startling or shocking event or condition. The statement must be spontaneously made by the person (the declarant) while still under the stress of… …

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