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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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abrasion, boo-boo, bump, lump, scrape, scratch

black eye, hickey

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

bruises caused by ill-fitting hiking boots

Synonyms of bruise

abrasion, graze, scrape

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