blunt trauma

noun

: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or surface

died of blunt trauma to the head

Examples of blunt trauma in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The medical examiner’s report cited the struggle involving pepper spray, restraint, chest compressions, asthma and blunt trauma in the cause of death. — Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026

According to testimony in court, the cause of death was strangulation and blunt trauma; she is believed to have been dead before her body was stuffed into the chemical tank. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 7 May 2026

The boy also had multiple blunt trauma injuries to his extremities that were in the process of healing, according to the medical examiner, which detected trace amounts of methamphetamine in the boy’s body. — City News Service, Daily News, 29 Apr. 2026

Our global review of the medical literature documented more than 100,000 injuries from chemical irritants between 2016 and 2021, along with at least 14 deaths, all due to blunt trauma from canisters. — Michele Heisler, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1899, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blunt trauma

• agama
• bahama
• pajama
• ulama
• brahma
• chama
• comma
• dama
• drama
• gama
• lama
• llama

Medical Definition

blunt trauma

noun

: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or collision with a blunt surface (as in an automobile accident or a fall from a building)

the patient died of blunt trauma to the head

called also blunt force trauma