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

Most of the skeletons found in Stirling’s chapel had the sorts of wounds archaeologists expected to find on siege victims, like sword cuts, blunt trauma, and the wear and tear of hand-to-hand combat. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026

Gehring died of extensive blunt trauma of the head, torso and limbs, the Clallam County Coroner has confirmed. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Her official cause of death was blunt trauma, indicating some type of forceful impact. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

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

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