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   concuss

   /kənˈkʌs/

   verb

   • 1. cause (someone) to become temporarily unconscious or confused by hitting them on the head: "he was concussed by a cowardly punch from behind"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘shake violently’): from Latin concuss- ‘dashed together, violently shaken’, from the verb concutere, from con- ‘together’ + quatere ‘shake’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. concussive adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • C

     3

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

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