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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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 An autopsy found Torres died of massive blunt trauma to the head, but the manner of death was uncertain. —

Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2024 Read had been charged with murder and other offenses after Boston police officer John O’Keefe died from blunt trauma outside a house party in January 2022. —

David Matthews, New York Daily News, 26 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for blunt trauma