JOLT

[verb] - to (cause something or someone to) move suddenly and violentlyThe train stopped unexpectedly and we were jolted forwards. [T]I was jolted awake by a sudden intense pain in my chest. [T + object + adjective]The truck jolted along the rough track through the field. [I usually + adverb or preposition](figurative) Their relationship was badly jolted (= weakened) when she found out he had been seeing another woman. [T](figurative) The news that the company is being taken over by foreign investors has severely jolted (= shocked) the stock market. [T](figurative) The charity is using photos of starving children in their advertising campaign in an attempt to jolt the public conscience (= make people feel guilty so they will act). [T]If someone is jolted into or out of something, they are given a sudden shock which forces them to act.The government is planning to cut unemployment benefit to jolt people into looking for work.The shock of seeing some of his colleagues lose their jobs was enough to jolt him out of his lethargy.She was jolted into action by the sudden realization that her exams began in less than a week.