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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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They also claim that the organisation should have established and implemented rules on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of actual or suspected concussive injuries.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

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

They can be nothing but the last concussive strokes in the formation of our globe, now about to perfect itself.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 05 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English by Various

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