wounding 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of woundingnext
as in damaging

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wounding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of wound
1
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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2
as in insulting
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. fatal
  4. injurious
  5. lethal
  6. destructive
  7. harmful
  8. hurtful
Adjective
  • Much of Southern California is also under high wind warnings, with damaging winds expected to cause disruptions to power or travel. .
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • But even then, there is a wait before action and the wait is damaging.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of injuring
Adjective
  • In 2023, Fort Liberty was ranked top among fatal overdoses in the military between 2017 and 2021, WCNC Charlotte reported.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Another fishing ship appears on the horizon, but its sailors made the fatal mistake of steering into an iceberg.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of fatal
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of injurious
Adjective
  • This physiological feat enables them to withstand conditions lethal to other fish.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The state is looking to carry out death sentences for several inmates who are out of appeals but who had their executions delayed because prison officials could not obtain lethal injection drugs.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of lethal
Adjective
  • This controversial practice also fills critical personnel gaps, especially as California faces a future with longer and more destructive fire seasons due to climate change.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Researchers have for years been gathering evidence that climate change is creating conditions that will make wildfires increasingly more destructive.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of destructive
Adjective
  • Many advocacy organizations have also warned that age verification laws that require users to provide their government IDs pose serious privacy threats, while not actually protecting minors from harmful online content.
    James Factora, Them, 6 Jan. 2025
  • As a result, regulators will introduce more stringent rules and frameworks aimed at curbing the harmful effects of false information.
    Stu Sjouwerman, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of harmful
Adjective
  • No one called me, which was so strange, and that was hurtful.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2025
  • In this vein, Annie has made deeply hurtful and entirely untrue claims about our family, and especially Sam.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of hurtful
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