Why this word is great
TOBRUISE — [Verb] To bruise severely, batter, or crush completely; to the point of rendering numb. From Middle English tobrusen, tobrisen, from Old English tōbrȳsan ('to bruise, crush, shatter'), equivalent to the intensifying prefix to- + bruise. Unlike 'bruise' (which suggests a surface contusion, a mere discoloration beneath the skin) or 'batter' (which implies the repeated, percussive action of striking), tobruise denotes the conclusive, catastrophic result: a thing not merely damaged, but fundamentally undone. It is the medieval apple in the press, giving up its last coherent shape to become mere juice and pulp; the spirit ground to a mute paste by relentless circumstance; the specific, hollow silence that follows a catastrophic blow. A violence so complete it becomes a kind of stillness.