All contuse synonyms
conΒ·tuse
C c verb contuse
- batter β If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- bang up β When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- squash β to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- mash β to flirt with; court the affections of.
- trample β to tread or step heavily and noisily; stamp.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- hit β to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- clobber β You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- mar β to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- pummel β to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- shatter β to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- bruise β A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
- cripple β A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- hurt β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- wallop β to beat soundly; thrash.
- buffet β A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.
- smash β to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- pelt β to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- lash β an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- punish β to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal.
- bash β A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- blacken β To blacken something means to make it black or very dark in colour. Something that blackens becomes black or very dark in colour.
- wound β the act of winding.
- pulverize β to reduce to dust or powder, as by pounding or grinding.
- damage β To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- zing β vitality, animation, or zest.
- blemish β A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
- black β lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- crowd β A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- powder β British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
- total β constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- tread β to set down the foot or feet in walking; step; walk.
- jam β to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- crunch β If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
- hug β to clasp tightly in the arms, especially with affection; embrace.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- wrinkle β an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
- squish β to squeeze or squash.
- buck β A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
- romp β to play or frolic in a lively or boisterous manner.