contuse

verb

Definition of contusenext
as in to blow out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contuse
  1. blow out
  2. bloody
  3. scar
  4. bruise
Verb
  • Army lacks victories against top-25 competition and were blown out by No. 4 Notre Dame in late November.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The Tide beat Georgia and blew out LSU on the road and beat South Carolina.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of blow out
Verb
  • The Buckeyes and attendees rushed to stop them from doing so, and the eventual five-minute-long scuffle left players and coaches bloodied and one Ohio State University police officer injured.
    Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Moxley quickly bloodied Cassidy, shades of their previous match.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of bloody
Verb
  • Most of the country’s current leadership, scarred by Lebanon’s 1975–90 civil war, is being more careful about accentuating communal polarization with the goal of avoiding the mistakes of the past.
    Maha Yahya, Foreign Affairs, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The film follows a few days in the life of global pop icon Skye Riley (Naomi Scott), who is returning to performing after a period in rehab and a lengthy hiatus due to a gruesome car crash that scarred her and killed her actor boyfriend Paul (Ray Nicholson).
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of scar
Verb
  • The sector entered this year bruised after a series of high-profile collapses and company scandals. FTX, a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange co-founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, collapsed in November 2022.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
  • His mother gave it to him straight after the Ravens’ league-best offense sputtered through most of a loss to brash, bruising visitors from Philadelphia.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of bruise
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“Contuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contuse. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

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