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[syn: shock absorber, shock, cushion]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
shock absorber
    n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;
         "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: shock
         absorber, shock, cushion]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "shock absorber":
   alleviative, alleviator, anodyne, assuager, balm, calmative,
   cushion, dolorifuge, lenitive, mitigator, moderator, modulator,
   mollifier, pacificator, pacifier, palliative, peacemaker,
   restraining hand, salve, sedative, soother, soothing syrup,
   stabilizer, temperer, tranquilizer, wiser head