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Injury

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WordDefinition
hurtverb(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
traumanounAn emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
harmnounPhysical injury; hurt; damage.
combat injurynouna casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
accidental injurynounan accident that results in physical damage or hurt
woundnounAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Injury"

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WordDefinition
traumanounAn emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
hurtnounAn emotional or psychological humiliation or bad experience.
harmnounPhysical injury; hurt; damage.
woundnounAn injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body.
accidental injurynounan accident that results in physical damage or hurt
combat injurynouna casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
maimingnounThe act by which somebody is maimed.
woundedSuffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife.
woundingnounThe act of inflicting a wound.
lesionnoun(pathology) A wound or injury.
damagenounInjury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
tortnoun(law) A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages.
hurtingnounA sensation that hurts.
painnoun(countable and uncountable) An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
wrecknounSomething or someone that has been ruined.
sufferingnounThe condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
shotnounThe result of launching a projectile or bullet.
detrimentnounHarm, hurt, damage.
injuriousCausing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
lossnoun(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.

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