the wounded

noun

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

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Before that, religious communities were taking in the wounded, by obligation. Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 Before that, religious communities were taking in the wounded, by obligation. ABC News, 13 May 2026 But things spun out of his control when Tanaghrisson drove a hatchet into the French commander’s skull and his men began killing the wounded. Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 In March alone, Ukrainian forces logged over 9,000 missions using ground robots for everything from delivering ammunition to evacuating the wounded. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 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 18 May. 2026.

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