wound
noun
an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
wounds
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pluralof wound.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Of the expedition’s 2,300 soldiers and sailors, 900 succumbed to wounds, illness or shipwreck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
His subsequent research showed that these precursor cells multiply dramatically around the edges of brain wounds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Thongchai, who was chairman of the Nonthaburi local government administration, later died of his wounds, according to Sakon Sukprom, director of Phra Nang Klao hospital.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
A city-commissioned inspection report found that waste and high temperatures at the warehouse could speed up the breeding of flies capable of infecting wounds in both people and animals, a local NBC affiliate reported, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
They could see no immediate threat from the horde licking their wounds across the meadow.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
