Usually means: Traumatized by extreme wartime experiences.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word shell shocked:

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  1. shell shocked: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shell-shocked: Merriam-Webster
  3. shell-shocked: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shell-shocked: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shell-shocked, shell-shocked: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Shell-shocked, shell-shocked: Wordnik
  7. shell-shocked: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. shell-shocked, shell shocked: Wiktionary
  9. shell-shocked: Dictionary.com
  10. shell-shocked: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Shell Shocked (album), Shell Shocked (song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. shell-shocked: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shell-shocked: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shell-shocked: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shell shocked: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Shell shocked)

adjective:  Alternative form of shell-shocked [(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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