blunt force trauma

[bluhnt fawrs traw-muh, trau-muh]

noun

1. internal or external damage to the body caused by a blow or impact from something that does not penetrate subcutaneous tissue.

Example Sentences

Smith’s body was found in the middle of a road and had wounds consistent with blunt force trauma to the head.

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A post-mortem examination found he had died from blunt force trauma to the head and a murder inquiry was launched.

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Daniel Menard and his wife, Stephanie Menard, were killed by blunt force trauma to the head, the San Bernardino County coroner determined.

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One firefighter sustained a blunt force trauma wound July 12 while working the fire line on the Green fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, according to Deanna Younger, a spokesperson for California Interagency Management Team 10.

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County medical examiner ruled his cause of death as blunt force trauma.

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