What does concussion mean?
Concussion means (obsolete, seismology) A violent collision or shock..
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/kənˈkʌʃən/ · noun
(obsolete, seismology) A violent collision or shock..
It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
[Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]
Then Concussion, Rapine, Pillories, / Their Catalogue of Accusations fill.
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Concussion means (obsolete, seismology) A violent collision or shock..
Common synonyms include shock.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
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