: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
The Oscar winner officially enters the dog movie genre with David Ayer's Heart of the Beast, in which Pitt plays a former Special Forces officer, James Belmont, who is stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his wounded combat dog, Odin.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The wounded man’s girlfriend lives in a building just steps away from the crime scene and was on the phone with her boyfriend when he was shot, a neighbor told the Daily News at the time.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Officers arrived at the shooting scene and found the two wounded men who were both taken by ambulance to a hospital.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
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Adjective
An investigation into the shooting of a suspect took an unexpected turn when the wounded woman tried to escape from the hospital, according to investigators in Cherokee County, North Carolina.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
The Oscar winner officially enters the dog movie genre with David Ayer's Heart of the Beast, in which Pitt plays a former Special Forces officer, James Belmont, who is stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his wounded combat dog, Odin.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
The wounded man’s girlfriend lives in a building just steps away from the crime scene and was on the phone with her boyfriend when he was shot, a neighbor told the Daily News at the time.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026
Officers arrived at the shooting scene and found the two wounded men who were both taken by ambulance to a hospital.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wounded. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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wounded
1 of 2 plural noun
wound·ed
ˈwün-dəd 
: persons that have been wounded
wounded
2 of 2 adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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