concussion


concussion

noun

Definition of CONCUSSION

1
a forceful coming together of two things <the concussion of the airliner slamming into the skyscraper was felt for several blocks in all directions>
2
the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact <the theory that such a concussion, by a giant asteroid or comet millions of years ago, led to the extinction of the dinosaurs>

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