A shock or sudden impact delivered in response to another shock, or a method to counteract the effects of a shock.
From counter- + shock (from Dutch schok). Likely a medical or mechanical term describing a reaction to an initial shock.
In medicine, countershock is what a defibrillator does—it delivers an electrical shock to counteract the chaotic heart rhythm of someone in cardiac arrest, essentially fighting electricity with electricity.
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