The phrase "horrific shock" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a sudden, overwhelming emotion caused by a particularly distressing event. For example: "The family was in a state of horrific shock when they heard the news of the accident."
The despicable murder of the US ambassador in Benghazi was a horrific shock to Libyans, as it was to Americans.
"It was a horrific shock," says Tracy. "It was so sudden that we didn't even get a chance to say our goodbyes and I didn't cope well".
That's because the essence of the random terror is "who's next?" Unlike the mass-murder attacks of Sept. 11, which produced horrific shock followed by mourning and grim determination, the near-daily shootings of individuals produce unrelieved tension.
The website described the video as the "most horrific shock video to have been released to date".
Because you've suffered a horrific shock to your body and psyche, I advocate a No-Decision Zone for the first six months.
He says he was subjected to horrific electric shocks in interrogations overseen by Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, one of Muammar's sons.
This follows the horrific images that shocked us all.
He said it was vital to defeat the assailants' poisonous narrative – "the attack was horrific and had shocked the whole world".
Still, American investigators today are exploring a dizzying array of weapons that can disorient and immobilize without chemicals, including loud noises, bright lights, horrific odors, electrical shocks, dense smoke, superglues, rigid foams, slippery greases and blunt projectiles.
"These horrific accusations have shocked me to my core and all of my relations have been consensual".
We, too, watched with shock the horrific events of September 11.
