: having a bruise or many bruises
a badly bruised fighter
a bruised apple
: damaged or wounded by or as if by being struck
a bruised ego
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Elevate the bruised area above the heart.
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Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The video then skips ahead to a bruised Bond racing toward a car to chase the bellhop, initiating the first look at vehicular action gameplay.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Washington is piling on tariffs, Moscow is keeping India's energy bills in check with cheap oil, and Beijing, despite a bruised relationship, is preparing to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi with open arms at the SCO summit in China this week.
—Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
For other types of bruised or swollen soft tissue, for example, from surgery or trauma, mild exercise further improves circulation.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
The video then skips ahead to a bruised Bond racing toward a car to chase the bellhop, initiating the first look at vehicular action gameplay.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Washington is piling on tariffs, Moscow is keeping India's energy bills in check with cheap oil, and Beijing, despite a bruised relationship, is preparing to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi with open arms at the SCO summit in China this week.
—Spriha Srivastava, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
For other types of bruised or swollen soft tissue, for example, from surgery or trauma, mild exercise further improves circulation.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Bruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruised. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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