Affect and Shock

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Shock and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shock" instead a verb "Affect".

Shock verb - To cause an unpleasant surprise for.

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Affect and shock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Shock".

Nearby Words: shocking, shocked, shockingly, shocker

person	affect person	shock person
mind	affect mind	shock mind
people	affect people	shock people
someone	affect someone	shock someone
Other words: time, way, characters, personality, anyone, player, everyone, enemies, abilities.

Also traveling at very high speed would generate shock waves that even if they won't affect the speedster would affect everyone around.

Source: Analysis / Required Secondary Powers
Her moods can also more acutely affect the weather: strong anxiety and emotional turmoil tend to cause a swirling snowstorm around her, while emotional shock and numbness tend to cause such a frozen stillness that snowflakes are suspended motionless in midair.

Source: Disney / Frozen
Weaksauce Weakness: Though it doesn't seem to affect anyone else in the group, the 'Shock' spell will completely annihilate Ryu almost 100 percent of the time, unless he is protected from it by Wall (a spell Nina learns that reflects magic attacks).

Source: Video Game / Breath of Fire I

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