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third-person singular simple present concusses, present participle concussing, simple past and past participle concussed
(transitive) To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact. examples
(law) To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce. quotations examples
The opposite principle , or rather the opposite practice of intrusion , is the reverse of this : it consists in concussing the Presbytery to ordain , and in concussing the people to receive.
1840, James Buchanan, The Scriptural Argument for Non-Intrusion Considered