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injure Definition

in·jure (in′jər)

transitive verb -·jured, -·jur·ing

  1. to do physical harm or damage to; hurt
  2. to offend (one's feelings, pride, etc.); wound
  3. to weaken or otherwise cause a loss in value to (a business, reputation, etc.)
  4. to be unjust to; wrong

Etymology: altered < earlier injury, to harm < LME injurien < MFr injurier < L injuriari < injuria: see injury

injure Related Forms

in′·jurer noun

injure Synonyms

injure

v.

hurt, harm, damage, wound; see damage 1, hurt 1. See syn. study at hurt.

injure Usage Examples

Object

  • cord: SIA represents the interests of all spinal cord injured people, regardless of how the impairment occurred.
  • dozen: Ten people were killed and over a dozen injured by a parachute mine at South Merstham in April of 1941.
  • casualty: Caring for a seriously injured casualty in a remote area is a formidable challenge, even for the most experienced expedition medic.
  • ligament: The ACL is about half the strength of the medial collateral ligament and is the most commonly injured ligament in sport.
  • hundred: The police were ordered to fire ' without hesitation ' ­ 59 people were killed and hundreds injured.

Subject

  • firework: How many people are injured by fireworks each year?
  • explosion: Over a hundred people were killed and many injured by the explosion.

Modifying Another Word

  • seriously: Each year more than 600 people are killed or seriously injured on city roads.
  • fatally: He had died administering the last rites to people fatally injured.

Used with why or when

when: Nor will the landowner be liable if someone is injured when climbing over or through a wall, fence or gate.

Preposition: per

kilometer: A 10 % reduction in the slight casualty rate expressed as the number of people slightly injured per 100 million vehicle kilometers.

Preposition: in

  • accident: The claimant was injured in a road accident on 13 May 1991.
  • collision: The number of persons being injured in collisions has more than doubled this year which is especially disappointing.
  • crash: Luckily, no one was injured in the crash.
  • explosion: A total of 208 people injured in the explosions attended The Royal London Hospital.
  • blast: According to Iraqi sources, 18 people were killed and 59 injured in the blast.
  • clash: Police said 10 people were injured in the clashes.

Preposition: by

  • explosion: Over a hundred people were killed and many injured by the explosion.
  • firework: How many people are injured by fireworks each year?
  • bomb: Three days later 5 people were killed and six injured by a bomb dropped at Shaws Corner.