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adjective

as in damaging

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wounding

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verb

present participle of wound
1
as in injuring
to cause bodily damage to an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it

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2
as in insulting
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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Recent Examples of wounding
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The one-two punch wreaked massive destruction throughout the region, killing at least 235 and wounding more than 4,300. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 27 June 2026 Nandito Badea, 21, and George Stana, 25, were found guilty by a jury last month of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Russian drones also hit a passenger minibus in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three and wounding six, including a child, Zelensky said on social media. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 Manila, Philippines — Two students armed with hand guns opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three fellow students and wounding another seven, police said. — CBS News, 22 June 2026 Gangbangers as young as 14 terrorized a Bronx neighborhood for months with shootouts targeting rivals from a local housing project while often wounding innocent bystanders, law enforcement officials said Monday. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 30 June 2026 In Brooklyn, New York’s Coney Island neighborhood, a man in a black ski mask opened fire on a family barbecue late Saturday night, wounding at least eight people, including four children. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 July 2026 Another strike on Saturday targeted a group of people in the sprawling tent camp of Muwasi in southern Gaza, killing one and wounding eight others, according to Nasser hospital, where the casualties were taken. — Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 Seven additional defendants were sentenced Wednesday in Fort Worth for their roles in a domestic terrorism case involving a July 4, 2025, protest that ended in a shooting wounding a police officer at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. insulting
  4. fatal
  5. offending
  6. injurious
  7. outraging
  8. destructive
Adjective
  • Each specimen was weighed and put in the same-sized containers filled with superworm larvae to determine the optimal ratio of larvae to specimen for thorough cleaning without damaging bones.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
  • And such a gap can be far more damaging than any technology shortfall.
    — Eugenia Mykuliak, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • On Sunday, Russia bombarded Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv with dozens of missiles and hundreds of strike drones, killing at least 11 and injuring scores more, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and media reports.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • The overnight attack comes just days after Russia launched a deadly assault on Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday morning, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 80.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 6 July 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • Trump went to extraordinary efforts to pressure the Fed into lowering, from launching criminal probes into Powell and Governor Lisa Cook, to outright insulting the chair’s intelligence.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 June 2026
  • Sigcho-Lopez then turned around to face aldermen sitting in the back row who appeared to be insulting him during the exchange.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • Although most people recover from Legionnaires' disease with antibiotics, certain patients -- including those who are immunocompromised or who suffer from chronic lung diseases -- can develop complications that can be fatal.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 July 2026
  • The Grand Prairie Police Department is investigating a fatal crash in which a passenger vehicle hit a pedestrian.
    — Mary Ella Hastings July 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
Definition of fatal
Verb
  • The offending video reportedly did not appear to have been shared publicly until after Keyser joined the show in episode 17 and producers were not aware of it at the time of the vetting process.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026
  • Qatari midfielder Assim Madibo was sent off for the offending tackle and appeared distraught before he was ejected.
    — Mark Hodge, NBC news, 19 June 2026
Definition of offending
Adjective
  • How to handle northern snakeheads The fish is considered an injurious species under the Lacey Act, meaning it cannot be possessed or transported live, according to the agency.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 June 2026
  • Nuisance and injurious to health.
    — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Definition of injurious
Verb
  • On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of outraging
Adjective
  • Sinlaku’s slow movement (in contrast to Bavi) worsened impacts by keeping destructive winds and torrential rain over the islands for hours, rather than moving through quickly.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The fire burned simultaneously with the similarly destructive Eaton Fire in Altadena and other communities in the foothills of the nearby San Gabriel Mountains.
    — Daily News, Daily News, 4 July 2026
Definition of destructive

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