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injurer

injurer

6.3
A person who hurts another person
  • noun
  • /ˈɪnˌdʒʊrər/
translation icon : lesionador
  • For non-motor vehicle unintentional injuries, data on the unintentional injurer are rarely collected.
  • an unintentional injurer

The next two people that come to this farm, I'm going to injure one of them and I'm going to get another one to witness what the injurers.

Examples

  • Many years may lapse before the injurer's group deems it appropriate to make this mesyar.

    Academic text (1990)
  • By separating unintentional injury into self-inflicted and interpersonal events, we divide the human factor into two components: the injured (host) and the injurer.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our focus on the unintentional injurer builds on classic injury models, such as the Haddon Matrix (Figure 1).

    Academic text (2011)
  • We suspect that our estimates of the actual number of unintentional nonsports injurers of high-school age may be an underestimate.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I've only "come out" as a self-injurer to a few people, but this has just reminded me how important it is to tell people: I self-harmed for years, and I still want to sometimes, but all my scars are old and I'm staying strong.

    Blog text (32)
  • Surveillance and other injury data systems need to begin to gather information and try to characterize the unintentional injurer. Reprints can be ordered at http://www.ajph.org by clicking the "Reprints/Eprints" link.

    Academic text (2011)
  • For example, studies contrast drivers with occupants (the latter are rarely the injurer), and some studies have looked at both the motorist and the victim in hit-and-run and other pedestrian fatalities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In addition, Saloviita noted that within the 40.6 percent prevalence rate, 27.1 percent exhibited SIB occasionally, and 13.5 percent were frequent self-injurers.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Our results suggest that it makes sense to differentiate between sports and nonsports injuries; whereas the sports unintentional injurer has some problematic risk factors (such as carrying a knife), the personal risk factors for causing a nonsports unintentional injury are even more similar to risk factors for causing intentional injury (including using illegal drugs and having friends who are a bad influence).

    Academic text (2011)
  • The injurer was held accountable for the accident that caused serious harm to the victim.

Synonyms

attacker
vsinjurer
167 2.5

A person who tries to hurt someone or damage their things

is broader, causing harm in any way not only direct attacks
abuser
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
86 5.3

A person who treats someone cruelly or violently, often over time

is broader, covering any single or repeated act that causes injury
assailant
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
85 6.6

A person who attacks someone

is a wider term for anyone who causes harm, not only sudden assaults
slasher
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
7 8.7

A person who attacks others by cutting them with a sharp knife

is broader and covers harm by any means, not only slashing
batterer
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
7 8.1

A person who repeatedly hits or hurts someone in their home

is a general word for someone who causes harm, not only repeated hitting
victimizer
vsinjurer
  • US
4 8.3

A person who harms or tricks another person to control them

is the general doer of harm, not emphasising exploitation
mangler
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
2 9.8

A person who violently harms people or destroys things

is the general term for causing harm without insisting on mutilation
assaulter
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
1 7.8

A person who attacks someone physically

is more general, covering any cause of harm beyond violent attacks
tormenter
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
1 7.4

A person who causes pain or distress to someone on purpose

is the simple notion of causing physical or mental harm generally
crippler
vsinjurer
1 8.8

Something that causes great harm and makes people or businesses unable to work

is broader, applying to any harm whether disabling or not
mutilator
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
1 9.3

A person who seriously hurts and disfigures people or animals

is a general doer of harm and not limited to extreme mutilation
inflicter
vsinjurer
8.4

Someone or something that causes harm to others

is the everyday term for a person who causes harm rather than the act
knifer
vsinjurer
  • Offensive
9.3

A person who attacks or hurts someone with a knife

is generic, including harm caused without sharp instruments
trampler
vsinjurer
7.9

A person or animal that steps on and hurts others

is a general person who causes injury not limited to trampling
maimer
vsinjurer
  • NSFW
9.9

A person who injures someone badly so they have lasting harm

is more general and may include nonpermanent or less severe harm

Antonyms

129 2.8

A person who defends and cares for another person or thing

Surface Forms

injurer singular
injurers plural

Morphology

injurer = injure (transparent) = injure + er

Regular agentive formation from the verb 'injure' with the meaning 'person who injures', which is directly inferable by learners who know the verb.

Etymology

The word injurer comes from injure, which goes back to the Latin parts in- 'not' and ius 'law' and is related to the word justice. So an injurer is someone who causes harm or does wrong to another person.