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contuse

[kuhn-tooz, -tyooz] / kənˈtuz, -ˈtyuz /
VERB
batter
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bash beat bruise buffet clobber crush demolish destroy hurt injure lash mar pelt pummel punish ruin shatter smash wallop wreck
STRONG
assault break dash deface disable disfigure drub lacerate lambaste lame mangle maul mutilate pommel pound thrash
WEAK
cripple
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist build compliment construct cure encourage fail fix heal help let go lose mend praise protect repair restore surrender
STRONG
adorn beautify decorate ornament
VERB
bruise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bang up batter blacken crush injure mar wound
STRONG
beat black blemish damage deface mark pound pulverize zing
WEAK
bung up do a number on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid compliment cure heal help praise
STRONG
adorn beautify decorate embellish fix mend ornament repair
VERB
crush
Synonyms
STRONGEST
break crumble mash squash squeeze trample
STRONG
beat comminute crease crowd crunch embrace enfold express jam pound powder press pulverize rumple squish total tread wrinkle
WEAK
bruise contriturate hug kablooey triturate
Antonyms
STRONGEST
put together uncompress
STRONG
let go pull release
WEAK
unwrinkle
VERB
wound
Synonyms
STRONGEST
damage harm hit hurt injure
STRONG
bruise carve clip cut ding gash irritate lacerate nick pierce scrape scratch slash slice stick total
WEAK
open up ouch rough up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
aid assist benefit cure fix heal help improve mend
WEAK
appease

Example Sentences

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In this geographical dissertation the word Niger is still used, which is a name altogether unknown in Africa, and calculated to contuse the geographical enquirer.

From An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Jackson, James Grey

No bald Mare my Gammon shall contuse again by one more Toss.

From The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany Parts 2, 3 and 4 by Novak, Maximillian E.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.