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Definition of wounded
: wounded persons
From the M-W Editors
First Known Use of wounded
before 12th century
wounded
Definition of wounded
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound a wounded leg wounded feelings
Recent Examples of wounded from the Web
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The devil is missing from the details, like the lack of dust and cobwebs in the dilapidated house or of bloody footprints after the mother walks on a wounded foot.
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KDFW-TV reported an Army veteran was one of the two men who gave first aid to the wounded man in parking lot.
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An off-duty black St. Louis police officer's race factored into him being mistakenly shot by a white officer who didn't recognize him after a shootout with black suspects this week, the wounded officer's lawyer contends.
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Finland’s four-day political impasse ends as PM saves cabinet Populist party splits in rejection of anti-immigrant forces A group of rebels splintering a wounded populist party.
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The wounded survivor was in no way implicated and the police declared the hospital safe moments later.
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The uniformed officers formed a line outside Marianjoy that stretched from the hospital entrance to a waiting medical transport van, and applauded as their wounded comrade was wheeled by and lifted into the vehicle.
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Shamefully, the latter don’t pay any attention, for example, to the Muslim cab drivers who ferried survivors home from the Manchester Arena for free, or to the Muslim hospital doctors who worked through the night to treat the wounded.
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He was placed on a wooden door and four Marines carried him from the house and lifted him onto a tank with other wounded men.
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First Known Use of wounded
14th century
WOUNDED Defined for English Language Learners
wounded
Definition of wounded for English Language Learners
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: injured by a weapon
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: feeling emotional pain
Medical Dictionary
wounded
Medical Definition of wounded
: wounded persons
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