injure
Americanverb
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to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound
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to offend, esp by an injustice
Related Words
Injure, impair mean to harm or damage something. Injure is a general term referring to any kind or degree of damage: to injure one's spine; to injure one's reputation. To impair is to make imperfect in any way, often with a suggestion of progressive deterioration and of permanency in the result: One's health is impaired by overwork.
Other Word Forms
- injurable adjective
- injured adjective
- injurer noun
- quasi-injured adjective
- reinjure verb (used with object)
- uninjured adjective
- uninjuring adjective
Etymology
Origin of injure
1575–85; back formation from injury (noun); replacing injury (verb)
Example Sentences
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Bailey said he was badly shaken after witnessing the incident which authorities said led to a fire that injured four people.
From BBC
One of the injured victims was expected to “be taken off life support,” Davis said.
“If you look closely, you can see that his jacket is dry, not wet. He was disguised to look like he was injured in the battle, but blood dries brown, not bright red.”
From Literature
Dubai International Airport - the world's busiest by passenger traffic - was damaged in an "incident" that injured four staff, according to authorities.
From BBC
In a post on its website, a spokesperson wrote that a concourse was damaged and four employees injured in an unspecified “incident.”
From Los Angeles Times
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