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Synonyms for bruise

noun

contusion, black-and-blue mark, discoloration, abrasion, wound, swelling, blister, black eye, shiner*, ecchymosis, petechia; see also blemish, injury 1.

verb

See bruise in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


verb

To make a bruise or bruises on:

contuse. See help

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