CONTUSING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

contusing

verb

present participle of contuse

as in blowing out

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If the phone appears to be sitting somewhere nearby, playing a sound can save you from tearing the house apart.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Yeah, popping up in someone’s conscience and tearing them off a strip or whatever.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026

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David Hearn, the former Olympics canoeist accused of damaging Washington's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before prosecutors dropped the case, cannot be recharged, a judge has ruled.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, on the charging case, iFixit struggled to access its components without damaging the external plastic.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

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That’s because there has been so much flooding, erosion, and battering by extreme winds, and an increasing number of severe and destructive storms.

— Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
In addition to coastal and tidal flooding, coastal erosion will also be a concern due to the long duration of rough surf battering the beaches.

— Bill Kelly, CBS News, 26 Sep. 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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