blunt trauma
noun
: a usually serious injury caused by a blunt object or surface
died of blunt trauma to the head
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According to the medical examiner’s office, Portillo’s death was a homicide, the result of blunt trauma to the head.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
Chen was discovered in the couple's room by resort staff with multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head after the couple was heard arguing and didn't appear at breakfast or lunch the next day.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Investigators say Testerman used his fists and a metal drinking tumbler to repeatedly strike Oliver, who died at the hospital of blunt trauma to the head.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2024
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, finding that Iacobucci died of homicidal asphyxia and blunt trauma to the head, torso and upper extremities.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
Chen was discovered in the couple's room by resort staff with multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head after the couple was heard arguing and didn't appear at breakfast or lunch the next day.
—CBS News, 16 Dec. 2024
Investigators say Testerman used his fists and a metal drinking tumbler to repeatedly strike Oliver, who died at the hospital of blunt trauma to the head.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2024
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, finding that Iacobucci died of homicidal asphyxia and blunt trauma to the head, torso and upper extremities.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
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“Blunt trauma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blunt%20trauma. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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