as in injured
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as in damaged
to cause bodily damage to
an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it
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as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
that callous comment really wounded me
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Recent Examples of wounded
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
When his grandfather, a wounded and decorated Red Army veteran, returned home after the war, there was literally nobody left—not family, not friends, not rivals.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The wounded young girl hid in a room and called 911, telling the dispatcher her uncle stabbed her and her siblings, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified videos circulating on Telegram, as grey smoke rose into the sky.
—Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Another seems to half-pass out, either from exhaustion or shock, while tending to a wounded comrade.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
When his grandfather, a wounded and decorated Red Army veteran, returned home after the war, there was literally nobody left—not family, not friends, not rivals.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The wounded young girl hid in a room and called 911, telling the dispatcher her uncle stabbed her and her siblings, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified videos circulating on Telegram, as grey smoke rose into the sky.
—Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
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Mayor Adams is planning to travel to the Dominican Republic early next week to mourn the tragic Santo Domingo nightclub roof collapse that killed 221 people and left over 150 injured.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Everyone onboard the Cessna 310 aircraft were killed in the fiery crash in Boca Raton, while a fourth person on the ground — who was driving at the time — was left injured, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2025
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The policy outraged customers as going-out-of-business sales continue and some argued there was little notice to redeem their store value.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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The move caught White House officials off guard and outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounded. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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