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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The AA urged drivers to take "extreme care" due to the risk of black ice, after nine children were injured in a collision between a school coach and a bus in Reading on Wednesday.
From BBC
The details are pending an FBI investigation she said, adding that the same agent injured Wednesday was also hit by a car in the line of duty in June.
From BBC
Tyler Higbee is off injured reserve after an ankle injury and contributing again for a Rams tight ends group that is poised to cause issues for opposing defenses.
From Los Angeles Times
However, police said "information came to light" on Sunday which confirmed it was actually Joshua who had died alongside Summer, with Trevor left seriously injured.
From BBC
The UK government has launched the first major road safety strategy in over a decade, aimed at lowering the number of people who are killed or seriously injured on the roads.
From BBC
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