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bruise

noun as in black and blue mark under skin

verb as in break blood vessel or beat up

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Example Sentences

He added that she was only upset in the room about one small bruise and what she was going to tell her boyfriend about it.

From BBC

She wanted to know why one of her sons had returned from a holiday camp with bruises on his buttocks so severe that she took him to a doctor, who found a "12cm x 12cm bruise".

From BBC

Clutching a smooth rock in her fist so she doesn’t bruise her knuckles, Banuet, 62, spends several hours every day, five days a week, knocking on doors in Phoenix and surrounding suburbs.

More than two weeks later, Ms Batool “marched towards” her and said Sara had a bruise on her face, the court heard.

From BBC

Ani can be in control of this feeling — and even profit from it — without so much as a bruise to her heart.

From Salon

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

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