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BRUISING
bruising
(adjective) brutally forceful and compelling; “protected from the bruising facts of battle”
bruising
(adjective) causing mental or emotional injury; “a bruising experience”; “protected from the bruising facts of battle”- John Mason Brown
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
bruising
present participle of bruise
Noun
bruising (plural bruisings)
(slang) A violent physical attack on a person.
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Source: Wiktionary
BRUISE
Bruise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bruised; p. pr. & vb. n. Bruising.] Etym: [OE. brusen, brisen, brosen, bresen, AS. br or fr. OF. bruiser, bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG. brochison. Cf. Break, v. t.]
1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple by letting it fall.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush. Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs. Shak.
Syn.
– To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
Bruise, v. i.
Definition: To fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray.
Bruise, n.
Definition: An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body; a contusion; as, a bruise on the head; bruises on fruit. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises. Isa. i. 6.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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