A simple fire in Maggie's car engine was not potentially fatal, but the shock clearly triggered a heart attack.

These shocks completely unnerved three grenadier battalions and triggered a mass surrender.

The shock of his arrest and the rough treatment meted out by his captors had triggered a clean contact.

A shock that's strong enough to cause a magnetic polar reversal will trigger a geologic shift of the earth's crust.

There, he witnesses Samantha call Bill "Dad", and the shock triggers a second heart attack.

The shock to her eyes triggered a nauseating pain in her head.

Internal shocks within the ejecta presumably trigger the initial gamma ray burst.

"A major shock - say, a war in the Persian Gulf - could still trigger a recession," he says.

The shock must have triggered some firing mechanism and it went off prematurely.

The disturbing shock of urgent passion triggered by Teilani's unexpected appearance.