as in damaging
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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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Adjective
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Mother Nature exploded in Los Angeles this month with the most damaging wildfires in the city’s, and likely the nation’s, history.—
Carmen Balber,
Rolling Stone,
17 Jan. 2025 -
The deficit hawks said the package must be paid for by other changes to the budget — a stipulation that infuriated Republicans from New York and New Jersey, where the storm was most damaging, and triggered an internal fight within the GOP that benefited Democrats politically.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
23 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 2024
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But as Trump prepares to retake the White House Monday, Democratic leaders have highlighted other results that show November's losses are not fatal.—
Stephen Fowler,
NPR,
18 Jan. 2025
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Joseph Dominick, 19, of New Haven is facing charges of murder, carrying a pistol without a permit and possession of a large capacity magazine for the fatal shooting, according to Officer Christian Bruckhart of the New Haven Police Department.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The charges include recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public and violating the social host ordinance.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
8 Jan. 2025
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The members of Phi Kappa Psi were charged with at least one felony each, including recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public and violating the social host ordinance, prosecutors said.—
Caleb Lunetta,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Burden is a lethal weapon who plays with slick separation skills, elusiveness, and creativity when the ball is in his hands.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2025
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This is just one high-profile example of how depression and anxiety disorders, ineffectively treated, can have lethal consequences.—
Kara Margolis,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Experts say the operations to neutralize tunnels were extremely destructive to surface infrastructure.—
Abdel Kareem Hana and Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Climate change is increasing the risk from hurricanes, driving more extreme rainfall, and making more intense and destructive wildfires more likely.—
Rachel Waldholz,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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In an October 2022 article in the Montreal Gazette, Bryn Austin, a professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, highlighted how BMI can lead to harmful outcomes.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Market intervention is always and everywhere harmful simply because markets are people.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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These comments though likely not intended to be hurtful, can still impact you deeply.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Heather went on to point out all the hurtful things the women have said about one another.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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