concussive

American  

[kuhn-kuhs-iv] / kənˈkʌs ɪv /

adjective

1. Pathology. characteristic of, caused by, or causing concussion.

2. violently jarring.

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Example Sentences

He has also identified what he said are clear parallels between crews’ symptoms and those he’s found in soldiers with concussive traumas caused by chemical exposures and explosive blasts on battlefields.

From The Wall Street Journal

The former players claim the governing bodies were negligent in failing to take reasonable action to protect them from serious brain injuries, and should have established and implemented rules on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of actual or suspected concussive injuries.

From BBC

The fires ripped a path of destruction, one so total and instantaneous that it was concussive for L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

This episode’s practical effects are fewer compared to the battlefield spectacles in “Thrones,” but Taylor’s cuts to black evoke the confusion and terror one imagines would be created by the concussive force of a giant dragon plummeting on top of a crowd.

From Salon

The claimants in the case allege that the defendants - the game's lawmaking body Ifab, the Football Association, the English Football League, and the Football Association of Wales - were negligent in failing to take reasonable action to protect players from permanent injury caused by repetitive concussive and sub-concussive blows.

From BBC