wounded
Americanadjective
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suffering injury or bodily harm, as a laceration or bullet wound.
to bandage a wounded hand.
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marred; damaged; impaired.
a wounded reputation.
noun
adjective
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suffering from wounds; injured, esp in a battle or fight
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( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the wounded
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(of feelings) damaged or hurt
Other Word Forms
- self-wounded adjective
- unwounded adjective
Etymology
Origin of wounded
First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English gewundode; wound 1, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Another soldier was severely wounded and a reservist moderately wounded, the IDF said.
From BBC
On Friday a US official told Reuters that 12 US personnel had been wounded, two of them seriously, in an Iranian military attack on the air base.
From BBC
They are not believed to include Iran's new supreme leader, Mojtada Khamenei, who has not been seen since being wounded in the same attack that killed his father on 28 February.
From BBC
Around 2,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed and thousands more wounded, according to estimates from South Korea.
From Barron's
He said the family had told her that Tehran wasn't safe but she had replied: "People need me, people have been wounded."
From BBC
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