to wound
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2.3
- verb
- /wuːnd/
- If anyone's wounded, let yourself be known.
- killed or wounded
- wounded or dead
- severely wounded
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Watch on YouTubeAnd again, again, what you'll hear in the stupidity of the press, you know, asking questions like, well, why couldn't you just wound or throw a couple of warning shots?
- And again, again, what you'll hear in the stupidity of the press, you know, asking questions like, well, why couldn't you just wound or throw a couple of warning shots?
Examples
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The girl who was wounded was a singer.
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Need to get the wounded to the hospital.
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I must speak with this wounded officer.
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The wounded are still coming in.
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I guess the rest of them had been killed or wounded.
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As soon as I arrive I will let you know how seriously father is wounded.
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One white man was killed and two others were wounded, including a policeman.
Academic text (1999) -
The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by the shooting.
Fiction book (1991) -
Two men dead, one wounded, and he's back safe on the beach.
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The soldier was wounded during the battle and required immediate medical attention.
Synonyms
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1.0
To use the teeth to cut, grip, or tear something
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1.0
Harm someone's body or a part of it, often by accident
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4.1
Cause serious harm to people or things with a sharp object
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1.6
To injure the skin by rubbing it against something rough
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3.7
Scrape the skin slightly and make a small wound
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7.1
To cut or hurt someone with a sharp blade
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7.5
To cut or tear skin roughly
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3.0
To scrape and damage the outer surface of the body by rubbing or falling
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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6.6
To make someone's bad feelings worse by reminding them of a disappointment
Compounds
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3.7
A wound that only affects the skin and soft parts of the body, not organs or bones
- Archaic
A wound that sends a British soldier home from the front, often in World War I
- Specialized
A direct current motor whose parts are connected in parallel to keep a steady speed when the load changes
- Specialized
A plant virus spread by small jumping insects that causes growths on plants
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wound as a verb meaning to injure comes from an old English word wund meaning 'injury' or 'sore', so it still means to make a painful cut or damage someone's body.