Great and Shocking

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Great adjective - Having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor.

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Shocking and great are semantically related in beautiful topic. In some cases you can use "Shocking" instead an adjective "Great".

Nearby Words: greatly, greatness

Shocking adjective - Causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness.

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Great and shocking are semantically related in beautiful topic. Sometimes you can use "Great" instead an adjective "Shocking".

Nearby Words: shock, shocked, shockingly, shocker

In fiction (and in Real Life) during a great war there's a certain strategic loss that is very significant to the point of being demoralizing, shocking, and Iconic in universe.

Source: Shocking Defeat Legacy
While a great episode, how much more shocking would have it been if the audience had no clue a Dalek would be involved?

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S27 E6 "Dalek"
The fact that he was built up as a great man when Metroid: Fusion came out makes some of his behavior rather shocking to some people.

Source: The Scrappy / Video Games

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