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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
Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
Acting decisively, the infantryman administered first aid to wounded comrades and helped move them to safety.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
As the men fled westbound on E. 163rd St., the wounded victim staggered across the street for help at a nearby bodega.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the start of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, in late January, more than a hundred Palestinians have been killed and many more wounded.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
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The season’s sixth chapter is absolutely stunning, as a wounded Joe either suffers an extended hallucination or takes a long visit to the spirit world in order to reckon with a dark secret of his past that ties into several of the problems he’s recently brought upon himself.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Mar. 2025
Acting decisively, the infantryman administered first aid to wounded comrades and helped move them to safety.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
As the men fled westbound on E. 163rd St., the wounded victim staggered across the street for help at a nearby bodega.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the start of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, in late January, more than a hundred Palestinians have been killed and many more wounded.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounded. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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