Usually means: Overwhelming force to ensure compliance.
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  1. shock and awe: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shock and awe: The Word Spy
  3. shock and awe: Wiktionary
  4. Shock and Awe (album), Shock and Awe (disambiguation), Shock and Awe (film), Shock and Awe, Shock-and-awe, Shock and awe (film), Shock and awe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Shock and Awe: World Wide Words

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  1. shock and awe: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (shock and awe)

noun:  (military, also figuratively) A doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force.
verb:  (military, also figuratively) To use the "shock and awe" doctrine in an actual or potential conflict, or to otherwise use a spectacular display of force or authority.

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