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noun

plural of wound
as in injuries

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wound
1
as in damages
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 insults
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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Recent Examples of wounds
Noun
Police said the 62-year-old man received numerous stab wounds to the head and hands, as well as a stab wound to the lower abdomen. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
What once killed campaigns now barely wounds them. — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025 Wonder is what wounds us, enters us. — Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2025 Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier. — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026 Set against Mumbai’s relentless pulse, their delicate connection faces tests as personal histories, desires, and wounds resurface. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025 Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free. — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026 No policy wounds Tibetan dignity more profoundly than attempts to co-opt its spiritual and institutional heart. — Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounds
  1. injuries
  2. damages
  3. insults
  4. abrasions
  5. injures
  6. offends
  7. hurts
  8. outrages
Noun
  • However, 11Alive stated that two people had suffered serious injuries during the incident.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • No injuries were reported in the Chicago area due to the storm.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of injuries
Verb
  • Most notably, those who switched faced a 24% higher risk of developing diabetic retinopathy, a condition that damages the blood vessels in the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • Your Eyes High blood pressure also damages the sensitive back lining of the eye called the retina.
    — Angela Ryan Lee, Verywell Health, 23 June 2026
Definition of damages
Verb
  • Ohm quickly insults nearly every employee at this small hotel within moments of meeting them, except for the young, pretty bartender, Fiona (Florence Ordesh).
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Saariaho never once loses control of momentum and never insults her own tastefulness.
    — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of insults
Noun
  • Crump said the pathologist noted injury patterns on Kohen’s body caused by debris in the bullet’s wake and displayed a picture showing several abrasions on the child’s right torso.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • The officer suffered fractured ribs, abrasions and bruising and was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital for treatment, police said.
    — Mauricio Maldonado, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of abrasions
Verb
  • Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026
  • Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone?
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
Definition of injures
Verb
  • But something about this circus just offends me on a spiritual level.
    — Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • And if that notion offends you, stay home and watch on television, and turn your man caves into casinos.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
Definition of offends
Verb
  • Advertisement Losing your leading World Cup goalscorer hurts, especially against a Belgian side that, despite its shaky moments at this tournament, is still stocked with talent.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 2 July 2026
  • The practice is anti-competitive and hurts consumers, antitrust experts say.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of hurts
Verb
  • This baffles and outrages Angela, a protective mom who, with other parents, pushes back against Gabor using her math classroom as a forum for introducing the outside world’s worst actions.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The content outrages some people and delights others; publishing more of it advances the meta discourse that’s been layered on top of the actual news, drawing attention from the unfolding conflict itself.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2026
Definition of outrages

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