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whiplash

 noun
     
Related topics: Illness and Disability, Motor Vehicles
whip‧lash [uncountable]
MITTC a neck injury caused when your head moves forward and back again suddenly and violently, especially in a car accident:
One officer suffered whiplash injuries.
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