concussive
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7.7
- adjective
- /kənˈkəsɪv/
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conmocionante
- The building shook violently from the concussive waves produced by the rocket launch.
- concussive blast
- concussive force
- concussive sound
Much smarter people than me figure out how far a bomb or whatever type of munition you use, how far both the fragmentation and the concussive blast go.
- Much smarter people than me figure out how far a bomb or whatever type of munition you use, how far both the fragmentation and the concussive blast go.
- And I mean, I think the French threw everything they had like flash bang and like concussive grenades, but it was just flying right past them.
Examples
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There was a soft concussive sound, like a melon hitting cement, almost lost in the red-haired girl's cry.
Fiction book (1999) -
The concussive force ran through every cell of your body.
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And it does that concussive mid range thump thing that this park does.
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Each song from Blkhrts' live show at City Hall hit like a concussive burst.
Blog text (14) -
Have you spent a lot of time near artillery or loud concussive blasts?
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When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range.
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With a CONCUSSIVE STRIKE, one cable is freed, snapping against the Chimera's hull like a giant steel guitar string.
Fiction book (2002) -
The soldiers were thrown to the ground by the concussive blast of the nearby explosion.
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During the test, the scientists measured the concussive impact of the detonated charge.
Synonyms
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4.4
A sudden very loud sound or action that startles people
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5.6
A very loud, forceful noise that could break things
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9.3
That explodes or makes something explode almost at once
Causing a strong physical hit or collision
A very strong force that makes someone fall or feel unable to answer
Something that happens suddenly with great force, moving forward as if thrown far
Antonyms
How Jarring
Surface Forms
Morphology
concussive = concussion (transparent) = concuss + ive
Formed by adding the productive adjectival suffix '-ive' to the root notion of 'concussion'/'concuss', so learners knowing 'concussion' would likely infer 'causing a concussion'.
Etymology
Concussive comes from the Latin verb concutere, which means 'to shake violently'. So a concussive blast is one that 'shakes' or jars people and things, like an explosion that knocks pictures off the walls.