Molecular dynamics simulations of high-energy collisions (initial kinetic energies E(k)0 = 10-10(6) eV) of Kr(n) (n = 8-512) clusters with a rigid Pt surface provide a microscopic description of the formation of an intracluster shock wave (temperatures up to 3 x 10(5) K and cluster internal potential energies up to approximately 10(4) eV) on a time scale of 10-500 fs, which is accompanied by novel ultrafast energy acquisition processes. High-energy ((10(-5)) x 10(3) eV) high-yield (0.5%-10%) interatomic Kr-Kr pair repulsive excitation is exhibited, being manifested in outer-shell electronic excitations and ionization, multiple ionization and Auger processes.