the wounded

noun

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

Examples of the wounded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Lord Stirling was one of the wounded and became the first Continental general captured in the war. Christopher Eric Bouchat, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2024 There were no details on the identities of the wounded. Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 July 2024 After the airstrikes, the streets were so clogged with rubble that ambulances and emergency services in central Gaza were unable to respond to many of the calls to transport the wounded to hospitals, the Gazan Health Ministry said. Steve Lohr, New York Times, 8 June 2024 An emergency room doctor, a pediatric anesthesiologist, some nurses and others were tending to the wounded. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024 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 27 Jul. 2024.

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