the wounded

noun

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

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Six of the wounded were in critical condition before the death early Thursday following the shooting the previous day, officials said. ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026 Eight students and one teacher died in the attack in the province of Kahramanmaras, Turkey's Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci told reporters, adding that six of the wounded were in critical condition. Reuters, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026 Ten students were among the wounded in that incident, in which the 18-year-old attacker fired randomly inside the vocational high school. CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 At least four of the wounded were in serious condition. Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 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 21 Apr. 2026.

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