contusing

present participle of contuse

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Verb
  • Rats, cockroaches and weasels run amok, tearing through limp tent sheets and biting children and newborn babies in their sleep.
    Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • That conversation completely shifted Taylor’s perspective, inspiring her to see the home's original features as something worth building around, instead of tearing out.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • Using X-ray and advanced sensors, PNNL scientists have been able to monitor material health without damaging components being tested.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
  • How to Remove Deodorant Stains With Baking Soda Baking soda is a natural deodorizer and a mild abrasive that helps lift both fresh and set-in deodorant stains without damaging fabrics, says Sokolowski.
    Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Vanity Fair reported that he was sentenced to 60 days in jail after being convicted of misdemeanor battery against a girlfriend, and was later charged with battering his third wife, Joanna Ferrell.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
  • In an effort to turn the tables on Russia’s grinding war of attrition, Ukrainian long-range drones have for months been battering targets, including oil production and energy facilities, behind the front line and deep inside Russia.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • In the last year, Huston has broken his eye socket — twice — and his jaw, as well as lacerating his kidney, per posts on his social media.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026
  • That biography took the form of a dark romance between the self-lacerating Louis and his fiercely loving but brutal maker, Lestat, filtered through the former’s brooding subjectivity.
    Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
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“Contusing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contusing. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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