injure
to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
to do wrong or injustice to.
to wound or offend: to injure a friend's feelings.
Origin of injure
1synonym study For injure
Other words for injure
Opposites for injure
Other words from injure
- in·jur·a·ble, adjective
- in·jur·er, noun
- quasi-injured, adjective
- re·in·jure, verb (used with object), re·in·jured, re·in·jur·ing.
- un·in·jured, adjective
- un·in·jur·ing, adjective
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How to use injure in a sentence
San Diego’s rainstorms are only going to become more intense and less predictable, like a bad relationship putting further strain on its already injured state.
Environment Report: The High Cost of Getting Rid of Water | MacKenzie Elmer | February 8, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoAccording to police, the driver of the Impala was sitting in his vehicle when it was hit and was not injured.
Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid involved in car accident that injured two children | Mark Maske | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostThe accident resulted in two children being injured, including one with life-threatening injuries.
Super Bowl highlights: Bucs celebrate championship, Tom Brady wins MVP | Des Bieler, Mark Maske, Chuck Culpepper | February 8, 2021 | Washington PostIt included every kind of professional they could think of who comes in contact with sick or injured people besides the obvious doctors and paramedics, etc.
Injuries are an unfortunate and all-too-common reality faced by runners—up to 75 percent of all runners are injured each year.
Want to Improve Your Running? Focus on Recovery. | Outside Editors | February 5, 2021 | Outside Online
The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.
Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019 | Dave Majumdar | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBeijing, famously, launched a coordinated and sustained attack against Google a half decade ago to injure its business in China.
Sony Blames North Korea for Hacking, but Washington Left Them Completely Vulnerable | Gordon G. Chang | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe children in these stories then went on to injure themselves by falling off of old bridges or cutting themselves.
Why Are Millennials Unfriending Organized Religion? | Vlad Chituc | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNot mentioned in the video: Firearms kill or injure 10,000 American children each year.
How many in Melbourne injure wealth and brain, I leave to more skilled and morose critics.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.His expression said plainly that he would tear in a thousand pieces anything that dared to injure a hair of her head.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodThe League Oracle admits that "a repeal would injure the farmer, but not so much as he fears."
It looks, too, as if you were afraid to trust her, and thought she would injure the furniture.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyIt should always be erected on dry ground, rather than upon moist, so that no dampness may arise and injure the leaves in curing.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.
British Dictionary definitions for injure
/ (ˈɪndʒə) /
to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound
to offend, esp by an injustice
Origin of injure
1Derived forms of injure
- injurable, adjective
- injured, adjective
- injurer, noun
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