wound

²wound

verb

Definition of WOUND

transitive verb

: to cause a wound to or in

intransitive verb

: to inflict a wound

Examples of WOUND

1. Four people were seriously wounded in the explosion.
2. The soldier's leg was wounded by a grenade.
3. Losing the match wounded his pride .

First Known Use of WOUND

before 12th century

Related to WOUND

Synonyms: damage, harm, hurt, injure

Related Words: batter, bloody, blow out, bruise, contuse, cut, gash, gore, lacerate, scald, scar, scathe, strain, tear; crease, graze, nick; cripple, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate; abuse, aggrieve, afflict, maltreat, torment, torture; lay up; blemish, impair, mar, scrape, spoil

Near Antonyms: cure, fix, heal, mend, remedy

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