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noun
- 1. an instance of being injured: "she suffered an injury to her back" Similar
- 2. damage to a person's feelings: "compensation for injury to feelings" Similar
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INJURY definition: 1. physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or an attack: 2. physical harm…. Learn more.
The meaning of INJURY is hurt, damage, or loss sustained. How to use injury in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Injury.
INJURY meaning: 1. physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or an attack: 2. physical harm…. Learn more.
An injury is damage done to a person's or an animal's body. Four police officers sustained serious injuries in the explosion. The two other passengers escaped serious injury.
Injury, originally denoting a wrong done or suffered, is hence used for any kind of evil, impairment, or loss, caused or sustained: physical injury; injury to one's reputation. Hurt suggests especially physical injury, often bodily injury attended with pain: a bad hurt from a fall.
Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing: escaped from the accident without injury; a scandal that did considerable injury to the campaign. 2. A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss: a leg injury.
injury. noun. /ˈɪndʒəri/. /ˈɪndʒəri/. (plural injuries) Idioms. [countable, uncountable] harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body, for example in an accident. Two people sustained minor injuries. One of the girls suffered serious injuries.
to hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal: A bomb exploded at the embassy, injuring several people. She fell and injured her shoulder. He was badly injured in the crash. He claimed that working too hard was injuring his health. Compare. wound verb (INJURE) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to hurt someone physically.
Definition of injury noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A crabeater seal injured by a predator. Injury is physiological damage to the living tissue of any organism, whether in humans, in other animals, or in plants. Injuries can be caused in many ways, such as mechanically with penetration by sharp objects such as teeth or with blunt objects, by heat or cold, or by venoms and biotoxins.
