flesh wound

noun

: an injury involving penetration of the body musculature without damage to bones or internal organs

Examples of flesh wound in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Seven Americans were injured with flesh wounds, the Pentagon said. Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023 Its causal relationship to the flesh wounds that can result from its use is not understood. Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023 The seven Americans who sustained flesh wounds were in stable condition, although one was wounded seriously enough to require evacuation to Landstuhl, according to Ryder. Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023 Its move was a flesh wound for the PBMs. David Wainer, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2023 Da made it through his flesh wound. Bono, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022 Tis but a flesh wound. oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2021 Wasn’t even a flesh wound. Joseph Gerth, The Courier-Journal, 4 June 2020 Some seemed major and turned out to be barely a flesh wound. Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flesh wound was in 1655

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“Flesh wound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20wound. Accessed 2 Dec. 2023.

Medical Definition

flesh wound

noun
: an injury involving penetration of the body musculature without damage to bones or internal organs
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