concussive
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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 ● Dec. 22, 2025
The fires ripped a path of destruction, one so total and instantaneous that it was concussive for L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
The 64-year-old Lewis said he’s living with probable CTE, which he described as a type of dementia associated with repeated concussive and sub-concussive blows to the head.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
"There is plenty of evidence to say that there are a lot of impacts, not just concussive impacts, above 60G, so it takes out a lot of data," he added.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
Completing the circuit, laughter of a particularly boisterous and concussive variety interrupted his fragmentary speech.
From The Life of the Party by James M. Preston
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