To stun or debilitate as by a shock.

Alternative form of fallout shelter

A thick-walled building, usually under the ground, built so that people can keep away from dust after a nuclear explosion.

plural of shear wave

(physics) A wave that changes the medium through which it travels to change its shape but not its volume or density.

present participle of shellac

The act or process of coating with shellac. / (informal, US) A heavy defeat, drubbing, or beating; used particularly in sports and political contexts.

Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.

present participle of sheathe

plural of sheep's eye