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con·tuse (k

n-t

, -ty

)

tr.v. con·tused, con·tus·ing, con·tus·es

To injure without breaking the skin; bruise.

[Middle English contusen, from Latin contundere, conts-, to beat : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + tundere, to beat.]

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Black bruise contuse Contused wound crush injure jam livid wound wounded in action			The total loss of the victors in this obstinately contested affair was, in killed, wounded, and missing--one forefinger and part of a thumb-nail (which the late proprietor brought along with him in his hand), a severely contused arm, and a considerable effusion of blood flowing from the thigh of a chief, who had received an ugly thrust from a Happar spear. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context As I expected, we found that the flesh underneath was terribly contused, for though the steel links had kept the weapons from entering, they had not prevented them from bruising. King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context His lips were a contused, shapeless mass, and his mouth was full of blood and broken teeth. South Sea Tales by London, Jack View in context			Controlment Controversal Controversary Controverse Controverser controversial controversialism Controversialist controversially Controversion Controversor controversy controvert Controverter Controvertible Controvertist contrude Contubernal contumacious contumaciously contumacy Contumelious contumeliously contumely contuse contused Contused wound contusion conundrum conurbation conure Conuropsis Conuropsis carolinensis conus conus arteriosus Conusable Conusant Conusor Conv. convalesce Convalesced convalescence convalescent convalescent home Convalescently Convallamarin Convallaria Convallaria majalis Convallariaceae Convallarin convect			contumacies contumacious contumacious contumaciously contumaciously contumaciousness contumaciousness contumacy contumacy contumacy Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumacy (in Canon Law) Contumax contumelies contumelies contumelious contumelious contumeliously contumeliously contumeliousness contumely contumely contund Contus Contus Contus contuse contuse contuse contused Contused Lacerated Wound contused wound contused wound contused wound contused wound contuses contuses contuses contusing contusing contusing contusion contusion contusion contusion Contusions Contusions Contusions Contusions CONUL Conularida Conulariid Conulata Conulidae conundrum conundrum conundrums conundrums conurbation conurbation

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