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 Wideout Sean Brown suffered a contusion during his catch and run in Saturday night’s loss and is expected to be OK, but didn’t practice on Tuesday, according to Albin. Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025 Just a contusion, but there is some swelling in there for sure but not a big deal. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025 Tovar’s missed 63 games due to two injuries (left hip contusion and left oblique strain) after missing only 14 games across 2023 and ’24. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for contusion
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bruise
Noun
  • Jaundiced-looking skin, dime-sized bruises on the arms.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • In 2011, schoolteacher Ellen Greenberg was found dead on the kitchen floor of her Philadelphia apartment with some 20 knife wounds and numerous bruises.
    Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Contusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contusion. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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