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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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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.
Injure definition: to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair. See examples of INJURE used in a sentence.
The meaning of INJURE is to inflict bodily hurt on. How to use injure in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Injure.
Injure means to hurt, physically or mentally. Lose a bet and you might injure or bruise your pride, but lose your footing and you could injure your body instead.
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.
injure is a general term referring to any kind or degree of damage: to injure one's spine; to injure one's reputation. To impair is to make imperfect in any way, often with a suggestion of progressive deterioration and of permanency in the result: One's health is impaired by overwork.
verb. /ˈɪndʒə (r)/ /ˈɪndʒər/ Verb Forms. injure somebody/something/yourself to harm yourself or somebody else physically, especially in an accident. He injured his knee playing hockey. Three people were killed and five injured in the crash. She injured herself during training. She was seriously injured in a riding accident.