to injure
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1.6
- verb
- /ˈɪnʤər/
:
perjudicar
- Not long after, I injured my knee badly during a game.
- injured party
- injure or destroy
- injure competition
Because they injure or destroy our frail flesh.
- Because they injure or destroy our frail flesh.
- He even got hurt or injured, so he couldn't deploy.
- Luckily, in spite of being injured quite heavily, I survived.
- I am very fortunate that no one was injured or killed because of that call.
- They can't harm or injure me.
- We locked down, which injured people.
- But I can't walk onto the court and say, hey, you know, Kobe's injured now, so I'd really like to play.
- Now, that particular attack did not cause any deaths, but dozens were injured, including both civilians and combatants.
- Many are being treated for life threatening conditions and we know that among those killed and injured were many children and young people.
Examples
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People that go through hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and the like, these are events that can injure or destroy people's lives.
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And seriously injure numerous other people in the attacks where these 11 people died.
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And the fire that injured you took everything with it.
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Almost all expected to be injured at work within a year.
Academic text (2012) -
Many are being treated for life threatening conditions and we know that among those killed and injured were many children and young people.
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Every thoughtless action by the single human character comes back around to injure him in some way.
Academic text (1995) -
Such shifts in production, and hence emissions, injure the nation's economy yet provide no global environmental benefit.
Academic text (1997) -
More than 20% of boys and 13% of girls reported unintentionally injuring another person in the past year.
Academic text (2011) -
He fell off his bike and injured his leg when he hit the pavement.
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The accident injured several people, causing them to seek medical attention.
Synonyms
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1.0
Make someone suffer physical or emotional pain
738
1.0
To cause a bad effect on people or things
617
2.3
To cut or hurt someone's body physically
165
4.9
To start damaging something, for example by disease or chemicals
102
2.6
To hit or bump part of your body so it becomes dark and painful
Antonyms
How Harmful
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1.0
- NSFW
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7.0
617
2.3
53
1.6
885
1.4
738
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Injure comes from the Latin root jur- (the same root you see in justice and jury), with in- meaning 'not', so it meant to take away someone's right or do them wrong. So to injure something or someone is to cause harm, damage, or loss, like hurting a company's reputation.