injure

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in·jure | \ ˈin-jər

injured; injuring\ ˈinj-riŋ

, ˈin-jə- \

Definition of injure

transitive verb

1a : to inflict bodily hurt on

b : to impair the soundness of injured her health

c : to inflict material damage or loss on

2a : to harm, impair, or tarnish the standing of injured his reputation

b : to give pain to injure a person's pride

c : to do an injustice to : wrong

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injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar mean to affect injuriously. injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success. badly injured in an accident harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss. careful not to harm the animals hurt implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings. hurt by their callous remarks damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness. a table damaged in shipping impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution. years of smoking had impaired his health mar applies to injury that spoils perfection (as of a surface) or causes disfigurement. the text is marred by many typos

Examples of injure in a Sentence

She fell and injured herself. She fell and slightly injured her arm. Several people were badly injured in the accident.

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