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concussive

American  
[kuhn-kuhs-iv] / kənˈkʌs ɪv /

adjective

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

  2. violently jarring.


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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

The claimants allege the games' governing bodies were negligent in failing to take reasonable action to protect players from permanent injury caused by repetitive concussive and sub-concussive blows.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2023

Completing the circuit, laughter of a particularly boisterous and concussive variety interrupted his fragmentary speech.

From The Life of the Party by Preston, James M.