as in bruise
a bodily injury in which small blood vessels are broken but the overlying skin is not suffered multiple contusions as a result of a car accident

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Recent Examples of contusion Misiorowski landed on the IL with a left tibia contusion after he was hit on the left shin by a line drive off the bat of Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs on July 28. Field Level Media, Reuters, 7 Sep. 2025 The Twins had nothing official to say before the game about the health of Ryan Jeffers, who sustained a head contusion Thursday after getting hit on the head (via his catcher’s gear) twice on foul tips. David Brown, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025 And in 2022, Stafford suffered a spinal cord contusion that limited him to playing just nine games. MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 Ragusa said Giuliani was transported to a nearby trauma center where he was found with a fractured thoracic vertebra and multiple lacerations and contusions. Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for contusion
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bruise
Noun
  • Pasamanick — who said she was disappointed nobody intervened or tried to help during the attack — was left with bites and bruises on her leg, while Sparky also had bite marks, per WESH 2 and WLBT.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Her words reopened a wound that’s always been there, like bruises after a football game that appear a day later, said Nwagbaraocha, the district staff member.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Contusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contusion. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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