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- Dictionaryin·jure/ˈinjər/
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- 1. do physical harm or damage to (someone): "the explosion injured several people" Similar Opposite
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INJURE definition: 1. to hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal: 2. to hurt or cause physical harm to a…. Learn more.
The meaning of INJURE is to inflict bodily hurt on. How to use injure in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Injure.
Injure definition: to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair. See examples of INJURE used in a sentence.
Injure means to hurt, physically or mentally. Lose a bet and you might injure or bruise your pride, but lose your footing and you could injure your body instead.
injure is a general term referring to any kind or degree of damage: to injure one's spine; to injure one's reputation. To impair is to make imperfect in any way, often with a suggestion of progressive deterioration and of permanency in the result: One's health is impaired by overwork.
1. to do or cause harm of any kind to; hurt: to injure one's hand. 2. to offend: to injure a friend's feelings.
to hurt or cause physical harm to a person or animal: A bomb exploded at the embassy, injuring several people. She fell and injured her shoulder. He was badly injured in the crash. He claimed that working too hard was injuring his health. Compare. wound verb (INJURE) Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to hurt someone physically.
to injure part of your body, especially your ankle, wrist, or knee, by suddenly bending it in an awkward way, causing pain and swelling. to injure yourself or part of your body by making it work too hard: See injure in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: injure.
verb. injured, injures, injuring. To do physical harm or damage to; hurt. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To offend (one's feelings, pride, etc.); wound. Webster's New World. To experience injury in (oneself or a body part). She injured her ankle climbing down the hill. American Heritage. To cause damage to; impair.
to hurt a person, animal, or part of your body: She injured her ankle when she fell. Fewer examples. Seven people had been injured. The accident killed nine people and injured thirty. During the struggle, she injured her foot. He injured himself in a fall. She injured her back during training for the game.
