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Meaning of tobruise | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To bruise up, completely beat or batter; crush; to make numb.

archaic

Examples

“Then he brought the monk all tobruised in a sack to S. Benedict, and anon S. Benedict made upon him the sign⟳ of the cross, and blessed him and raised him to life, and sent him to the work⟳ again.”
“Onely his shield and armour, which there lay⟳, / Though nothing whole, but all tobrusd and broken, [...]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

tobruised tobruises tobruising tocher tochered tochering

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