injure Definition
in·jure (in′jər)
transitive verb -·jured, -·jur·ing
- to do physical harm or damage to; hurt
- to offend (one's feelings, pride, etc.); wound
- to weaken or otherwise cause a loss in value to (a business, reputation, etc.)
- 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 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
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