CONTUSES Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

contuses

verb

present tense third-person singular of contuse

as in blows out

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Carter further complicates things in last week’s episode, when he drunkly tears an animal mount off the wall during Oreana’s grandmother’s big party at the 10-Petal Ranch.

— Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
As an example of how his platform would work, Wehmeyer pointed to processing insurance claims after a tornado tears through a house in Minnesota.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 24 June 2026

Definition of tears

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In some diseases such as frontal lobe dementia, which damages executive function instead of memory, tangles can accumulate without the presence of amyloid.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Fernando Mendoza wants to help make a difference for people who, like his mom, are living with multiple sclerosis, or MS, a chronic condition that attacks and damages the body’s nervous system.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of damages

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Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.

— Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026

Definition of wounds

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Empire Towers' unsafe structure hurts nearby businesses Workers at BG's Car Wash on Crain Highway told CBS News Baltimore that business has slowed after the perimeter was established around Empire Towers.

— Caroline Foreback, CBS News, 13 July 2026
That's the most disappointing thing and that's the part that hurts the most for me personally.

— Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of hurts

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