Concussion
[kən'kʌʃ(ə)n] or [kən'kʌʃən]
Definition
(noun.) any violent blow.
(noun.) injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness.
Inputed by Hubert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.
(n.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain.
(n.) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
Typist: Wolfgang
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Shaking, agitation.[2]. Clash, shock.
Inputed by Gretchen
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COLLISION_and_COMMOTION]
Checker: Reginald
Examples
- The concussion nearly capsized her, and with a sickening plunge she hurtled downward through the dark night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- And the concussion was so great that a column of Water, Smoke and fibres of the Sloop were cast from 80 to 100 feet in Air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Bitzer picked up his cap, which the concussion had knocked off; and backing, and knuckling his forehead, pleaded that it was an accident. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The comfort of passengers and the safety of freight have also been greatly increased by the invention of _Buffers_ on railroad cars and trains to prevent sudden and violent concussion. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thus advised, Mrs. Pocket took it the other way, and got its head upon the table; which was announced to all present by a prodigious concussion. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Beside him lay the heavy poker, bent into a curve by the concussion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- In about half a minute there was a sharp concussion, and Sadler said: 'See, it is that stuff on the steam plate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Concussion of the brain, superinducing total mental aberration. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Checked by Claudia