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adjective

Definition of bruisednext
as in injured

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verb

past tense of bruise
as in lacerated

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Recent Examples of bruised
Adjective
The agency says people can prevent infection by thoroughly washing produce, cutting away bruised or damaged parts of fruits and vegetables and refrigerating pre-prepared or pre-cut produce. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 July 2026 Cut away any damaged or bruised areas before preparing or eating produce. — Eva Flowe july 13, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026 Clean larger produce, like melons, with a brush and cut away any bruised or damaged portions. — Alex Nettles, AJC.com, 11 July 2026 The federal agency also recommends cutting away any damaged or bruised areas on fruits and vegetables before preparing and eating. — Michelle Marchante july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for bruised
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bruised
  1. injured
  2. lacerated
  3. damaged
  4. mangled
  5. hurt
  6. gashed
  7. disfigured
  8. wounded
Adjective
  • That was only the start of their total cost to get the injured woman back to the United States for further treatment.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • The Red Sox have surged without their injured ace, Garrett Crochet, who last pitched on April 25, the day Breslow fired manager Alex Cora and five coaches in a panic move, power play or, perhaps, a prescient vision of what a change could mean.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of injured
Verb
  • They are lacerated by propellers.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
  • Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of lacerated
Adjective
  • There were also issues with wastewater disposal, damaged floors, and pots and pans encrusted with food debris and grease deposits.
    — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • Take the plant from its pot and cut away any dead or damaged roots, then repot the plant in fresh soil.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 July 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Old tree roots have mangled sidewalks and created obstacles for pedestrians, especially parents with strollers and people using wheelchairs.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • As reported by Euronews, the opening planned for this weekend has been postponed to an unspecified date after severe winds mangled part of the artwork on the oldest bridge in the French capital.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 3 June 2026
Definition of mangled
Adjective
  • They’re all better served by the heartfelt and humorous beats, rather than the heartfelt and hurt ones.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
  • Many of the hurt kids were at home when tear gas drifted in from streets where federal agents had deployed the chemical agent against crowds of protesters.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 27 May 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • When both gashed their elbow skin open on the 4S Ranch 10U all-star team.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Suggs looked down to see that his arm had been gashed open and was dripping blood.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Definition of gashed
Adjective
  • In a particularly gnarly flashback, one sibling voluntarily — and crudely — amputates his fingers to match his brother's disfigured hand, which lost two digits when Angier shot him.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The bodies had signs of binding the hands and feet, contortion of limbs, cut off fingertips and disfigured heads, according to Kaki.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2025
Definition of disfigured
Verb
  • Undisputed is that De Barros shot and killed one young man and wounded another as a teen outside a recreation center in Waterbury on a Sunday afternoon in October 1996.
    — Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2026
  • Qatar’s Interior Ministry said falling debris wounded a child.
    — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
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