noun
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a heavy stroke - a) a striking of one thing against another; blow or impact of an axe, whip, etc.; b) a sudden action resulting in a powerful or destructive effect, as if from a blow.
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(psych.) a painful emotional experience or shock, often producing a lasting psychic effect and, sometimes, a neurosis; a trauma.
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a bodily injury, wound.
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the damage, trouble, disadvantage, deprivation, etc. caused by losing something; a loss.
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a thing that may cause or has caused injury, pain, etc. ; a danger; a calamity.