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Concuss

//kənˈkʌs// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact. transitive

    "The blow will concuss him."

  2. 2
    injure the brain; sustain a concussion wordnet
  3. 3
    To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.

    "The opposite principle , or rather the opposite practice of intrusion , is the reverse of this : it consists in concussing the Presbytery to ordain , and in concussing the people to receive."

  4. 4
    shake violently wordnet

Etymology

From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from con- + quatiō (“shake, hit”).

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