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wounding

wounding

1 5.2
An injury that breaks the skin, for example from a cut or bullet
  • noun
  • /ˈwuːndɪŋ/
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Coagulation and thrombosis are both very good defensive reactions to wounding, but they have associated diseases as well.

Examples

  • Take a look at my U.S. Shootings Report for July, which started listing "woundings" in June, and also with links back to March.

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  • Coagulation and thrombosis are both very good defensive reactions to wounding, but they have associated diseases as well.

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  • Ironically, revealing my scars makes me vulnerable to fresh woundings.

    Academic text (2005)

  • So chronic wounding and inflammation is mutagenic and in most cases chronic exposures are much worse than acute exposures.

  • Sad, as Vorpals and Wounding of Puncturing were once mainstays of DEX TWF builds and went a long way toward keeping them competitive.

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  • Kopp, also suspected in the earlier sniper woundings of four physicians in Canada and upstate New York, is arrested in France as he picks up money wired by Marra and Malvasi.

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  • With this setting, Steinke suggests, "that the violent events, rapes, and the woundings she depicts might happen anywhere, that they are signs of an extensive social phenomenon or larger national catastrophe" (Rock 107).

    Academic text (2016)

  • The emergency room treated several patients suffering from severe woundings after the accident.

  • Injuries from woundings can lead to long-term recovery issues if not properly cared for.

  • The soldier recounted his experience, explaining how the woundings affected him mentally and physically.

Synonyms

wound
vswounding
971 2.2

An injury where the skin is cut or torn

is the act of causing that injury rather than the injury itself
cut
vswounding
337 1.0

A wound where the skin is opened by something sharp

is the process of creating that incision rather than the result
laceration
vswounding
  • NSFW
75 7.7

A deep cut in the skin or flesh with rough, torn edges

is the act of inflicting that deep torn injury rather than the injury
slash
vswounding
17 3.6

A long deep cut made by a sharp object

is the process of producing that long cutting injury rather than the injury
slice
vswounding
5 5.1

A cut in the skin made by a sharp object

is the action of making that incision rather than the incision itself
raw wound
vswounding
  • NSFW
1 6.6

An injury where the skin is broken and what is under the skin shows

is the action that causes that exposed injury rather than the injured state

Antonyms

repair
352 2.3

Work done to fix something that is broken

healing
344 2.1

The body's natural process of getting better after injury or illness

How Severe

to maim
  • NSFW
35 7.0
wounding
1 5.2
cut
337 1.0
scratch
203 1.6

Surface Forms

wounding singular
woundings plural

Morphology

wounding = wound (transparent) = wound + ing

A straightforward gerund/nominalization of the verb 'wound' denoting the act or process of inflicting a wound.

Etymology

Wounding comes from wound, which means 'injury'. It simply names the act of causing an injury or the injury itself, so a wounding is when someone is physically hurt or cut.