wound
verb [T usually passive] (HURT) /wuːnd/Definition
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B2 to damage an area of the body, especially by making a cut or hole in the skin: Flying glass wounded her in the face and neck. The police chief was badly wounded in the explosion.Injuring and injuries
(Definition of wound verb (HURT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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- damage noun
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- disable verb (PERSON)
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- injure verb
- injury noun
- lesion noun
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- trample verb (STEP HEAVILY ON)
- trauma noun (INJURY)
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- victim noun
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