concussion

English

Etymology

From concuss +‎ -ion From the Latin concussio.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kənˈkʌʃən/, /kənˈkʌʃn/

Noun

concussion (countable and uncountable, plural concussions)

  1. A violent collision or shock.
    • Francis Bacon
      It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
  2. (uncountable, Commonwealth of Nations or countable, Canada, US) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
  3. (law, civil law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
    • Daniel
      Then concussion, rapine, pilleries, / Their catalogue of accusations fill.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for concussion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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French

Noun

concussion f (plural concussions)

  1. political corruption, misappropriation

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