contused

verb

past tense of contuse
as in bruised

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contused
  1. lacerated
  2. injured
  3. wounded
  4. battered
  5. bloodied
  6. damaged
  7. gored
  8. tore
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
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  • More than 300 people have been injured and 35 others killed in recent US strikes against Iran, the country’s Health Ministry said Wednesday.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The team said that forward Mouhamed Gueye injured his left foot in an offseason workout last Wednesday.
    — Lauren Williams, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of injured
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
Definition of wounded
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  • Pitching was supposed to be the strength Heading into the season, pitching was viewed as the Marlins’ clearest strength before the staff was battered by injuries.
    — Tyler M. Carmona July 15, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • One person remains missing in Missouri after heavy rainfall battered parts of the state Friday, forcing numerous emergency rescues and evacuations, including at a summer camp with more than 200 children.
    — Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of battered
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  • After the game, Tillman showed up at the press area without shoes on, his sock bloodied where a defender’s cleat had pierced his boot.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
  • Tillman, whose right foot was bloodied before the kick because a Bosnian player stepped on it, still arced a shot over five standing Bosnians, into an unsaveable spot that keeper Nikola Vasilj almost dared Tillman to target.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026
Definition of bloodied
Verb
  • Kuwait has borne the brunt of Iranian strikes, with a desalination plant and oil refinery damaged.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Overnight strikes damaged two tunnels and a bridge, disrupting a main highway toward Bandar Abbas, Iran's main port that sits near the narrowest part of the strait, according to IRNA.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • In another, a Florida man was gored and injured by a bison in the Lake Village area, where restaurants and hotels are located.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • One runner was gored in the face and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain’s San Fermin festival on Saturday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Definition of gored
Verb
  • For months after a devastating fire tore through seven Hong Kong apartment towers last year, the complex was sealed off to residents.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Instead, this guardrail tore through the Volvo and cut Hannah’s body in half.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of tore
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