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Definitions for Contuse
[1] to injure (tissue), especially without breaking the skin; bruise.
[2] (tr) to injure (the body) without breaking the skin; bruise
Words related to Contuse
clobber, mar, demolish, pummel, wreck, beat, shatter, ruin, injure, bruise, cripple, hurt, crush, wallop, buffet, smash, pelt, lash, destroy, punish
Words nearby Contuse
controversy, controvert, contumacious, contumacy, contumely, contuse, contused wound, contusion, conté, conundrum, conurbation
Origin of Contuse
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin contūsus past participle of contundere to bruise, crush, equivalent to con- con- + tud- (variant stem of tundere to beat) + -tus past participle suffix
Other words from Contuse
con·tu·sive [kuh n-too -siv, -tyoo -] /kənˈtu sɪv, -ˈtyu-/ , adjective
Word origin for Contuse
C15: from Latin contūsus bruised, from contundere to grind, from tundere to beat, batter
Synonyms for Contuse
bash, beat, bruise, buffet, clobber, cripple, crush, demolish, destroy, hurt, injure, lash, mar, pelt, pummel, punish, ruin, shatter, smash, wallop, wreck, assault, break, dash, deface, disable, disfigure, drub, lacerate, lambaste, lame, mangle, maul, mutilate, pommel, pound, thrash