contused

past tense of contuse

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contused
Verb
  • By the end of the fight, at least three students were hurt by Clarke and a mirror on the wall was cracked, punched by a student who lacerated his hand, deputies say.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • One of the most far-reaching questions revolves around why Woods has been injured so many times in his career.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The Chevrolet's driver, Brandon McCall, 29, of Pocahontas and Ryan Atkinson, 24, of Walnut Ridge, a passenger in the Chevrolet, were injured, the report says.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Continue reading … DORM BLOODSHED – Violence rocks Oklahoma State campus leaving several wounded.
    , FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Agents arrested Youngblut while Maland was fatally wounded.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To have any hope of a successful turnaround, Spring felt that Macy’s needed a cultural reset first, to inspire a workforce battered by years of falling revenue, store closings, and staff reductions, and get buy-in to his strategy.
    Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Storms twice battered the pier to pieces, once in the late ’30s and again in the ’80s.
    Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Season 1 ended with heroes Brian and Ellen getting their hands bloodied while trying to run away together.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Photos of the man shared with IndyStar show him on a hospital bed, bloodied, with a neck brace and a large gash on the left side of his face.
    IndyStar, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In their study, University of Tokyo professors Emi Nishimura and Yasuaki Mohri have shed light on what happens when these pigment-producing stem cells are damaged.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And this is the same thing all Gazans did after their homes were bombed or damaged.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier this year, a New Jersey man who was visiting Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • As such, there is never any shortage of stories about enamored tourists being gored by bison in Yellowstone, and there have been at least two so far this year.
    Kassondra Cloos, Outside, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • No One Saw Us Leave, a Spanish-language limited series on Netflix, chronicles the years-long struggle between a mother and the man who tore her family apart.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • With VanVleet, who tore his ACL this autumn, done for the season, the Rockets are experimenting.
    Fred Katz, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Contused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contused. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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