How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained?
Source: wiktionary
Contuse
//kənˈtuz//
Synonyms for "contuse" (12 found)
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Translations
6 translations across 4 languages.
Greek
1 entries- μωλωπίζω verb (To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise)
Russian
2 entries- контузить verb (To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise)
- ушибить verb (To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise)
Spanish
2 entries- contundir verb (To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise)
- contusionar verb (To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise)
Swedish
1 entries- mörbulta verb (To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened.
Source: wiktionary
This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault.
Source: wiktionary
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