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bruise

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1 a bodily injury in which small blood vessels are broken but the overlying skin is not

she got quite a big bruise from walking into the corner of the table

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contusion

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discoloration

2 an area of skin roughened or worn away by harsh rubbing against another surface

bruises caused by ill-fitting hiking boots

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bedsore,
gall

bruise

Synonyms of bruise (Entry 2 of 2)

as in lacerate, mangle

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for bruise

pierce,
stab

rend,
tear

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“Bruise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bruise. Accessed 15 Jan. 2021.

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