blunt trauma
noun
: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or surface
died of blunt trauma to the head
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The coroner lists the cause of Armani’s death as blunt trauma. 
Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 The coroner's office has officially ruled her death an accident as a result of inhalation and thermal injuries, with a secondary cause of a sternal fracture due to blunt trauma also listed. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2022 An autopsy revealed that Erieomairy Dingui had suffered several blunt trauma injuries when police and paramedics arrived at 2348 Post Dr. just after midnight May 6, according to a news release from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2022 These ripples produce blunt trauma, pulping tissue and breaking bones. Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022 His body was a study in blunt trauma, from the fractures in his eye sockets to the ligament tears in his feet. New York Times, 30 May 2022 Natural footwear is lightweight, and provides just enough cushioning to protect the wearer from blunt trauma injury. Dr. Ray Mcclanahan, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2020 But injuries can include broken bones, sprains, abrasions, friction burns and blunt trauma. Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021 Police said Nwogo suffered blunt trauma to the back of his head and a single gunshot wound to the middle of his back. Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021 See More
Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2022 The coroner's office has officially ruled her death an accident as a result of inhalation and thermal injuries, with a secondary cause of a sternal fracture due to blunt trauma also listed. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2022 An autopsy revealed that Erieomairy Dingui had suffered several blunt trauma injuries when police and paramedics arrived at 2348 Post Dr. just after midnight May 6, according to a news release from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2022 These ripples produce blunt trauma, pulping tissue and breaking bones. Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022 His body was a study in blunt trauma, from the fractures in his eye sockets to the ligament tears in his feet. New York Times, 30 May 2022 Natural footwear is lightweight, and provides just enough cushioning to protect the wearer from blunt trauma injury. Dr. Ray Mcclanahan, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2020 But injuries can include broken bones, sprains, abrasions, friction burns and blunt trauma. Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021 Police said Nwogo suffered blunt trauma to the back of his head and a single gunshot wound to the middle of his back. Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
blunt trauma
noun
: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or collision with a blunt surface (as in an automobile accident or a fall from a building)
the patient died of blunt trauma to the head
called also blunt force trauma