concuss

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* A player could concuss themselves under the stairs on the River map.

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  1. transitive verb To injure by concussion: "a middle-aged woman concussed by a blow on the head” (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

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  1. Latin concutere, concuss-, to strike together : com-, com- + quatere, to strike; see kwēt- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = Italian concussare, from Latin concussus, past participle of concutere, shake together, shake violently, agitate, terrify, especially terrify by threats in order to extort money, from com-, together, + quatere, shake: see quash, cass, cash, and cf. discuss, percuss.
 

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/kənˈkəs/
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