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to contuse
01
to cause a bruise or injury to the body, typically by blunt force or impact
Transitive: to contuse a body part
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
contuse
3rd person singular
contuses
Present participle
contusing
Past simple
contused
Past participle
contused
Examples
Firefighters must be careful when rescuing accident victims not to further contuse any injured areas.
Lexical Tree
contusion
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