CONTUSING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

contusing

verb

present participle of contuse

as in blowing out

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Fast movement feels more immediate, while VRR helps reduce distracting screen tearing when frame rates change.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Like carrying three handleless paper bags from the trunk in one trip, your roster is suddenly a fragile, tearing mess.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

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You can often get prequalified to get a sense of the rate and term a lender is likely to approve you for, without damaging your credit score.

— Dan Avery,Brett Holzhauer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Zelensky said that a passenger train was also struck in the Mykolaiv region on Wednesday, damaging a railway station and a diesel locomotive.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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Her boyfriend was never charged, though he was sentenced to probation for battering a police officer about five weeks after Danielle was killed.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
Across the country in Hawaii, Hurricane Lala grazed the state over the weekend, battering the islands with heavy rains and winds, but did not make landfall.

— Peter Weber, TheWeek, 17 Aug. 2026

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Two generations of viewers have now grown up consuming The Daily Show’s lacerating take on politics.

— Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
In the last year, Huston has broken his eye socket — twice — and his jaw, as well as lacerating his kidney, per posts on his social media.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026

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