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as in wounded
to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come
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Recent Examples of injured
Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Within the past 24-hours— according to Gaza’s Health Ministry— more than 59 people have been killed by strikes in the area and more than 270 have been injured.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Fourteen killed, dozens injured in a New Year's Day attack.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
The defense fell off significantly at the end of the year after Brisker and defensive tackle Andrew Billings were injured and Eberflus was fired.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Early Wednesday morning, a terror attack killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in downtown New Orleans when a man plowed his pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in the heart of the city’s iconic French Quarter.
—William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards is the first law enforcement member injured, as the back of her head strikes the corner of a cement step, causing a traumatic brain injury.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
At least 35 people were injured in the incident, officials said, and at the time some were hospitalized in critical condition.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025
Within the past 24-hours— according to Gaza’s Health Ministry— more than 59 people have been killed by strikes in the area and more than 270 have been injured.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Fourteen killed, dozens injured in a New Year's Day attack.
—ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
People who don’t understand, like, people get injured.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Lincoln Hospital was where Shirley Vasquez and all the other parents, like her, took their children when they were injured or ill.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
The defense fell off significantly at the end of the year after Brisker and defensive tackle Andrew Billings were injured and Eberflus was fired.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Early Wednesday morning, a terror attack killed 14 people and injured dozens of others in downtown New Orleans when a man plowed his pickup truck into a crowd of people on Bourbon Street in the heart of the city’s iconic French Quarter.
—William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards is the first law enforcement member injured, as the back of her head strikes the corner of a cement step, causing a traumatic brain injury.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injured
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The couple welcomed two children, True, 6, and Tatum, 2, but their romance was marred by Thompson's multiple cheating scandals.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
4 Jan. 2025
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But others argue these budget controls are ensuring Connecticut won’t return to the 2010s, a decade marred by frequent annual deficits and some of the largest tax hikes in state history.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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While perhaps imperfect, the master plan demonstrates a bold vision for the future of New York City that has been driven by community input.—
Dan Goldman,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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International organizations like the W.H.O. provided usable, if imperfect, alternatives.—
Manvir Singh,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Trump's most expansive tariffs to date and larger than most experts expected ‒ could further hurt a weakening economy, send the stock market plummeting and even lead to a recession.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2025
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Republicans at the Capitol understand this is going to hurt not just Americans, but their own political futures.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His vengeance included turning Michigan State in for NCAA violations, leading to probation that crippled the program until the late 1970s.—
Joe Rexrode,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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As the city litigated and revised the environmental impact report, two devastating storms in December 2023 and February 2024 — the same series that crippled San Diego’s Ocean Beach Pier — substantially damaged the wharf.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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High exposure can lead to impaired cognitive development in children, as well as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, according to the Environmental Defense Fund and American Cancer Society.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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Investigators allege Hill used the woman’s financial resources and credit rating to buy the properties, and that the woman, who is mentally impaired, did not understand what was happening.—
Ryan Gillespie,
Orlando Sentinel,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Congress needs to stanch the bleeding — and give serious thought to overhauling this flawed system for the longer term.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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Others, such as closing beaches, parks and playgrounds, were well intentioned but flawed.—
Orlando Sentinel and Virginian Pilot Editorial Boards,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This was mostly used when the group was building night nests—platforms made high in the trees out of broken branches, sometimes lined with leaves.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2025
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This was true of Fury (2015) as well, his brutal and gruesome war drama featuring Brad Pitt as a tank commander in the final days of World War II leading a platoon of hardened, traumatized, broken soldiers.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Injured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injured. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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