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bruise
/bruːz/ noun [C]Definition
› a dark area on your skin where you have been hurt: He suffered cuts and bruises after falling off his bike.
bruise verb [T] › to cause someone or something to have a bruise: [often passive] He was badly bruised in the accident. bruising noun [U] › He suffered serious bruising in the attack.(Definition of bruise noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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