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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bruise \Bruise\ (br[udd]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bruised}
(br[udd]zd); p. pr & vb n. {Bruising}.] [OE. brusen,
brisen, brosen, bresen, AS br[=y]san or fr OF bruiser,
bruisier, bruser, to break, shiver, perh. from OHG.
brochis[=o]n. Cf {Break}, v. t.]
1. To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration;
to contuse; as to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to
bruise the bark of a tree with a stone; to bruise an apple
by letting it fall.
2. To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots,
etc.; to crush.
Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs.
--Shak.
Syn: To pulverize; bray; triturate; pound; contuse.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bruising
adj 1: causing mental or emotional injury; "a bruising experience";
"protected from the bruising facts of battle"- John
Mason Brown
2: brutally forceful and compelling; "protected from the
bruising facts of battle"
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