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as in injuring
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 insulting
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
that callous comment really wounded me
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as in damaging
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Recent Examples of wounding
Harry Harris, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Williams shot two, police say, wounding one and killing Comeaux.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Gaza accused Israel last week of violating the ceasefire dozens of times, killing over 40 civilians and wounding nearly 150.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
The victim, 31, was in the backyard of a home on Woodcrest Drive in Woodcliff Lake that connects to a nature preserve when the animal pounced on her, wounding her shoulder, arm, leg and her back, according to surveillance video that captured the incident.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
Accusations of violations of the agreement have circulated from both sides, with Gaza’s media office accusing Israel of 47 violations resulting in killing 38 Palestinians and wounding 143 since early October.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
After a small crowd outside Boston’s customs house pelted redcoats with rocks, snowballs, and insults, the soldiers opened fire, killing five and wounding 12 more.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Troopers returned fire, fatally wounding the male suspect, police said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant at the site — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it.
—Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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The most jarring example is the June 20, 2021 massacre in Richmond, where SSL-502 members allegedly opened fire at a house party where people were celebrating the Guatemalan Summer Solstice, killing three and wounding four.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Williams shot two, police say, wounding one and killing Comeaux.
—Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Gaza accused Israel last week of violating the ceasefire dozens of times, killing over 40 civilians and wounding nearly 150.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
The victim, 31, was in the backyard of a home on Woodcrest Drive in Woodcliff Lake that connects to a nature preserve when the animal pounced on her, wounding her shoulder, arm, leg and her back, according to surveillance video that captured the incident.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2025
Accusations of violations of the agreement have circulated from both sides, with Gaza’s media office accusing Israel of 47 violations resulting in killing 38 Palestinians and wounding 143 since early October.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
After a small crowd outside Boston’s customs house pelted redcoats with rocks, snowballs, and insults, the soldiers opened fire, killing five and wounding 12 more.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Troopers returned fire, fatally wounding the male suspect, police said.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Twelve years after the Kewaunee Power Station shuttered, wounding the local economy, owner EnergySolutions is seeking government approval to build a new nuclear plant at the site — and is trying to buy hundreds of acres of farmland around it.
—Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
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He was officially charged with boating under the influence, including causing the death of Mallory and seriously injuring two other passengers.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Under state statute, the owner of a dog is liable for the full amount of damages their animal has caused by injuring or causing injury to a person, domestic animal or property.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Elon Musk lashed out at Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in a series of insulting posts on his social media platform X on Tuesday, after Duffy suggested NASA may sideline SpaceX from its moon mission.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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The extremists are insulting you every single day.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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The former hurricane unleashed catastrophic flooding in Haiti, damaging homes and forcing thousands of people into emergency shelters.—
Thao Nguyen,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Following a damaging price war, Beijing’s new five-year plan signaled the government will reduce EV subsidies and instead let the market decide winners and losers in the sector, the China-Global South Project wrote.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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While most scented soaps do a mediocre job of masking food smells with harsh, cheap fragrances, Naomi’s scrub neutralizes offending odors with bread-yeast enzymes, then leaves behind subtle, but incredibly luxurious notes of bergamot, black pepper, sandalwood, and ginger.—
Editors of Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
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The offending image, this time, was a more recent painting that reimagined the map of India as a naked woman on her knees, city names marking her body.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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The show centers on Alex (Jason Clarke) and his wife, Maggie Murdaugh (Patricia Arquette), as their privileged world spirals following a fatal 2019 boating accident involving their son, Paul (Johnny Berchtold), that leads to more secrets emerging.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Once written, the script’s fantastic promise distracted its readers from the fatal holes in its plot.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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For those taking multiple FRIDs, the risks were even higher, with 22% more total falls and 33% more injurious falls.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Patel had sought $10 million in damages on claims of defamation, injurious falsehood and business disparagement.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
15 Aug. 2025
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Wuornos, who was found guilty of six murders and received six death sentences, was executed by lethal injection on October 9, 2002, after a decade on death row.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
31 Oct. 2025
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Wuornos was executed by lethal injection in October 2002, according to a New York Times obituary.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Her grief transforms into destructive power, turning her into a monster.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
29 Oct. 2025
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The last time Jamaica faced a hurricane of a similar magnitude was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988, a Category 4 storm remembered as the deadliest and most destructive in the nation’s history.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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