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noun

Concussion n.

A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies. "It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air."

(Med.) 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.

(Civil Law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value. "Then concussion, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusations fill."

Concussion fuse (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes.

Synonyms: See Shock.

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Etymology of 'Concussion'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... as described by "Schaefer," will be taught instead of the "Sylvester Method," heretofore used. The Schaefer method of artificial respiration is also applicable in cases of electric shock, asphyxiation by gas, and of the failure of respiration following concussion of the brain. ...

— Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry • War Department

... me and what I should do. I simply noticed that something unfriendly was approaching and I met it with a defensive action in the form of an uppercut on the ear. What properly occurred I knew only when I heard the blow and felt the concussion of my hand. Something similar happened to me when I was a student. I had gone into the country hunting before dawn, when some one hundred paces from the house, right opposite me a great ball rolled down a narrow way. Without knowing what it was or ...

— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden

... air was rent with acclamations; the crowd rose as if by a single impulse; trumpets sounded in the seven porches of the amphitheatre; again the plaudits shook the air like the concussion of enthusiasm, and the deputation in the arena prostrated themselves in the dust. Balsamo saw, at once, the reason of this rejoicing; he saw the tetrarch of Judea seated upon a throne of ivory. The crown of Agrippa glittered upon his forehead with an unnatural ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 • Various

... the 24th, we saw a number of water spouts and whirlwinds, some of which came so very near that we fired a few guns, in hopes that the concussion of the air would have dispersed them; but our guns were too small to give a sufficient shock to the atmosphere; however, a good breeze of wind sprung up and carried us clear of them. We steered ...

— An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island • John Hunter

... followed, and the fragments of ice, detached by the commotion of the air, fell suddenly into the sea. The simple concussion had ...

— The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras • Jules Verne

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