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All contuse synonyms

conΒ·tuse
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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") 1837–1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897–1904.
  • 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.
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