as in injured
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as in damaged
to cause bodily damage to
an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it
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as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
that callous comment really wounded me
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Recent Examples of wounded
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
When his grandfather, a wounded and decorated Red Army veteran, returned home after the war, there was literally nobody left—not family, not friends, not rivals.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The wounded young girl hid in a room and called 911, telling the dispatcher her uncle stabbed her and her siblings, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified videos circulating on Telegram, as grey smoke rose into the sky.
—Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Another seems to half-pass out, either from exhaustion or shock, while tending to a wounded comrade.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
When his grandfather, a wounded and decorated Red Army veteran, returned home after the war, there was literally nobody left—not family, not friends, not rivals.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The wounded young girl hid in a room and called 911, telling the dispatcher her uncle stabbed her and her siblings, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified videos circulating on Telegram, as grey smoke rose into the sky.
—Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounded. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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