flesh wound
noun
: an injury involving penetration of the body musculature without damage to bones or internal organs
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Not for them the merciful expedient of a minor flesh wound or a swift death.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Then police examined the flesh wound, at a downward angle, on Beckford’s right thigh.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Another teenager suffered a flesh wound to her foot.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 19 June 2024
Compared with President Donald Trump’s many attacks on science so far in his second term, his affront to climate science feels like a mere flesh wound at the moment.
—Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Those wounded were covered in blood, some with facial and hand injuries as well as flesh wounds.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
And those little bait fish attract aggressive bull sharks that bit a teenage girl's hand off, caused severe trauma to a woman's midsection and gave another teenager a flesh wound last Friday.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 20 June 2024
The second victim sustained flesh wounds to her foot and was transported to Ascension Bay Medical Center in stable condition.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 8 June 2024
That mix of drugs led to more overdoses and many users also experience terrible flesh wounds that can linger for months or years.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 29 May 2024
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
Then police examined the flesh wound, at a downward angle, on Beckford’s right thigh.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2025
Another teenager suffered a flesh wound to her foot.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 19 June 2024
Compared with President Donald Trump’s many attacks on science so far in his second term, his affront to climate science feels like a mere flesh wound at the moment.
—Mark Gongloff, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Those wounded were covered in blood, some with facial and hand injuries as well as flesh wounds.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
And those little bait fish attract aggressive bull sharks that bit a teenage girl's hand off, caused severe trauma to a woman's midsection and gave another teenager a flesh wound last Friday.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 20 June 2024
The second victim sustained flesh wounds to her foot and was transported to Ascension Bay Medical Center in stable condition.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 8 June 2024
That mix of drugs led to more overdoses and many users also experience terrible flesh wounds that can linger for months or years.
—Brian Mann, NPR, 29 May 2024
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“Flesh wound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flesh%20wound. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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