wounded
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- adjective
- /ˈwuːndɪd/
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- After the explosion, there were many wounded people in need of immediate medical care.
Examples
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There they find more than a dozen wounded men, seven of them on stretchers.
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Of the regiment's 12 officers, 5 were dead and 7 wounded.
Blog text (3) -
We will care for your wounded.
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But when he was wounded a piece of the shell hit him.
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An unknown number of wounded are there now, and there are medical choppers apparently hovering above.
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Katniss has been recovering, but she insisted on coming out and seein' some of your wounded.
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Mr. Bondurant thought we were safe, but he warned us to keep a sharp lookout while we cared for our wounded.
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The doctor rushed to help the wounded soldiers lying on the battlefield.
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The charity event was organized to raise funds for the treatment of the wounded veterans.
Synonyms
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Feeling physical pain after an accident or attack
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Physically hurt, often by an accident or attack
Having rough, jagged cuts or tears often caused by an injury
Antonyms
How Injured
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wounded comes from the old English word wund, which meant 'injury' or 'sore', so to be wounded is to have a physical hurt, often from a battle, accident, or violence.