English-Italian translations for jolt

sbalzo
scossaQuesto disastro non costituisce solo il cupo sfondo del dibattito odierno; è anche una salutare scossa che deve spronarci ad adottare misure più decise a protezione dell'ambiente e della biodiversità. It provides us not only with a sad backdrop to today's debate, but also with a serious jolt into taking stronger measures to protect the environment and biodiversity.
scuotereSe l’effetto fosse quello di scuotere i europei riportandoli al realismo cui aderisce già la maggior parte dei loro popoli, allora potrebbe emergere un’Europa attuabile. If the effect was to jolt European leaders into the same reality stream that many of their people already occupy, then a workable Europe could emerge.
sobbalzare
squassare

To push or shake abruptly and roughly
To knock sharply
To shock emotionally
To shake; to move with a series of jerks
An act of jolting
A long prison sentence.[https://books.google.com/books?id=MUbeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA371&dq=%22a+Jolt%22+prison%7Cjail%7Cupstate%7Cpen%7CJoliet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAlsmPsrPbAhUE-lQKHb60DacQ6AEIMTAB#v=onepage&q=%22a%20Jolt%22%20prison%7Cjail%7Cupstate%7Cpen%7CJoliet&f=false 2015, , ''A Dictionary of the Underworld'', page 371]
A narcotic injection

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