the wounded

noun

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

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Set on a Japanese island during wartime, the story follows two girls from an all-girls school who are ordered to nurse the wounded in a military hospital concealed in a cave as violence escalates around them. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 June 2026 Children among the wounded in Kyiv Zelensky said the Russian strikes killed 11 civilians and emergency workers and wounded 53 across Ukraine. Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 While assessing the wounded on Monday, they were prepared to face a White Sox team that had won 6 of 7 and just last week started the Twins’ skid. John Shipley, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026 Cotter, who helped organize the first-ever helicopter airlift from Camp One to rescue some of the wounded, said many lessons were learnt from the disaster. Helen Regan, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 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 29 Jun. 2026.

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