: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 June 2024
There was a large public relations poster effort throughout the country and on Army bases throughout Europe for preventing venereal disease because penicillin should go to wounded soldiers.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The wounded man, who police consider a suspect in the alleged assault, was was shot in Stanton, Calif., on Sunday, June 2, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
As a hunter lands several arrows in his quarry, a wounded doe nibbles some growing dittany.
—Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
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Adjective
That includes Negga as the wounded wife; Gyllenhaal’s real-life brother-in-law, Peter Sarsgaard, as the prosecutor, Tommy Molto, champing at the bit to convict Rusty; and Bill Camp as Raymond Horgan, the former boss who agrees to defend him.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 June 2024
There was a large public relations poster effort throughout the country and on Army bases throughout Europe for preventing venereal disease because penicillin should go to wounded soldiers.
—Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The wounded man, who police consider a suspect in the alleged assault, was was shot in Stanton, Calif., on Sunday, June 2, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
As a hunter lands several arrows in his quarry, a wounded doe nibbles some growing dittany.
—Adrienne Mayor, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2024
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wounded. Accessed 17 Jun. 2024.
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wounded
1 of 2 plural noun
wound·ed
ˈwün-dəd 
: persons that have been wounded
wounded
2 of 2 adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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