the wounded

noun

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

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Two of the wounded were severely injured, and all nine were hospitalized, authorities said. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 June 2025 Doctors Without Borders, which has staff at the hospital, said its medical team had to evacuate the maternity ward to make room for the wounded from Israel's attack in Khan Younis on Tuesday. Aya Batrawy, NPR, 17 June 2025 Gameplay: Parry-Heavy Swordplay Musashi wastes no time with the wounded, continuing down a trail out of the village. Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025 No one died in the June 1 attack, but the wounded include eight females and seven males, ages 25 to 88, police said. John Bacon, USA Today, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the wounded

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