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Debruise

[duh-brooz, dee-]

verb (used with object), -bruised, -bruis·ing. Heraldry.

to overlay (a charge) other than an ordinary with an ordinary.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English debrusen, debrisen to break down, crush < Old French debr(u)isier, equivalent to de- de- + bruisier to break; see bruise

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Debruise

de·bruise