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

The head of the hospital where the wounded were taken told local media many of the injured had suffered shrapnel wounds, and four were having emergency surgery. — Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026

No arrests have been made as of Monday morning and the details of the circumstances leading up to the shooting and conditions of the wounded haven’t been released. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

The hospital declared an emergency as medical staff treated the wounded. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026

Notable Ambulances and helicopters were sent to collect the wounded from Saturday’s attacks. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for the wounded

• abounded
• astounded
• compounded
• confounded
• expounded
• foregrounded
• impounded
• propounded
• rebounded
• resounded
• subrounded
• surrounded