the wounded

noun

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

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Marathon Fire Rescue paramedics responded to the crash, and Monroe County Fire Rescue’s Trauma Star air ambulance transported the wounded to the mainland, officials said. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025 In Gaza, medics have used Starlink while healing the wounded. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025 These documents were used to create a detailed database listing the dead, the wounded, their ages and biographical details, which apartment each one was in at the time of the strike and which family members were not present in the building at the time. NPR, 24 Mar. 2025 Hospitals overwhelmed with the wounded can't use their limited supplies on other patients. Arkansas Online, 31 Mar. 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 24 May. 2025.

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