woundverb(INJURE)

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to hurt someone physically
hurtI hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
injureThe bomb killed ten people and injured many more.
woundHe was wounded so badly in the attack that doctors said he might never walk again.
maimThe atrocities have killed or maimed thousands of people.
tortureThe guards were accused of torturing prisoners.
stabHe was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife.
The troops bombarded the city, killing and injuring hundreds.部队连续炮击了该市，导致数百人伤亡。
If you don't warm up before taking exercise, you risk injuring yourself.
They were only slightly injured in the crash.他们在撞车事故中只受了点轻伤。
I fell down the stairs and injured my back.我跌下楼梯，后背受了伤。
He had injured his left hand and was typing one-handed.他的左手受了伤，就用一只手打字。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Injuring and injuries
at-risk
battered child syndrome
battered woman syndrome
be in the warsidiom
bite
eviscerate
first degree
flesh wound
fourth degree
gash
granulate
incapacitate
insult
pi
pull
reinjure
reinjury
scarred
strain
wounded

injure | American Dictionary

injure
verb[ T ]
us/ˈɪn·dʒər/
to hurt a living creature, esp. to cause physical harm to someone:
The bus careened out of control, injuring several people.

injure | Business English

injure
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈɪndʒər/us
to harm someone or yourself:
Part of the roof collapsed, seriously injuring six employees.
be badly/critically/seriously injuredThe insurance pays out if you have been seriously injured at work.
to do damage to a business or its reputation:
The market leader claims it has been injured by false advertising.

Examples of injure

injure
Property owners are held liable to trespassers who are injured by conditions that could foreseeably harm only wrongdoers.
Our tort law's system of imposing liability on defendants if they have tortiously injured plaintiffs is essentially a system of corrective justice.
Those codes, the newspaper explained, recognized such decrees but gave a right of action to any foreign individual whose rights were injured.
His attitudes, values, and behavior have severely injured the chance for democratic consolidation.
Two other tourists and two policemen who tried to intervene were also injured.
Examples of emotionally maltreating events included serious threats to injure a child, exposure to violent acts among family members, and abandonment by primary caregivers.
Thus, instead of being confronted, the feelings are acted out, for example by injuring others.
If physicians fail to do so and patients are injured as a result, then they might be called to account for patient injuries.
Seeds with intermediate storage behaviour can tolerate desiccation to fairly low moisture content but the dry seeds are often injured by low temperature.
All endosperm cells appeared dead, while approximately 35% of the axis cells in the crosssection were injured.
Despite its medical importance, doctors caution against overdosing, which might injure the digestive system.
Strength can be used to injure others or to sustain them; intelligence can be used to foster others or to destroy them.
Some of those who receive nothing have in fact been injured, but insufficiently to make litigation profitable.
Two men only escaped and they were seriously injured.
A bounty will be given to those who capture the violators, and if in the process they are injured, compensation will be given.
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