the wounded

noun

: people who have been wounded
They carried the wounded off the battlefield.

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Our commitment is to continue accompanying the bereaved families, the troops, the wounded, both in body and in spirit, as well as the survivors of captivity. Rachel Wolf , Yonat Friling, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025 In the first days after the earthquake struck, the Taliban shared a stream of videos of their defense forces choppering out the wounded from isolated villages. NPR, 14 Oct. 2025 Plans have yet to be implemented to open the crossing to Egypt to let some Gazans out, initially to evacuate the wounded for medical treatment. Maayan Lubell, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Hostages and Missing Families Forum Elkana Bohbot, 36, was one of the organizers of the Nova music festival, and was helping to evacuate the wounded when he was abducted. Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the wounded

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“The wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wounded. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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