1
as in damages
to cause bodily damage to
injured himself while skiing
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as in mars
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come
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Recent Examples of injures
When Don injures his hand, Blue (Hunter McVey) is forced to step into the competition for him.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Derek gravely injures his hand.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Gafford injures ankle The Mavericks are likely to be without one of their major frontcourt pieces this preseason.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Automobility directly or indirectly causes one in 34 deaths annually, injures more than 100 million people a year, and has killed as many people as the two World Wars combined.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people.
—Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
In self-defense, Franck's group injures one of the attackers.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Nov. 2025
If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.
—Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Derek gravely injures his hand.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Gafford injures ankle The Mavericks are likely to be without one of their major frontcourt pieces this preseason.
—Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Automobility directly or indirectly causes one in 34 deaths annually, injures more than 100 million people a year, and has killed as many people as the two World Wars combined.
—Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for injures
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Paralytic polio occurs when the virus damages motor neurons that control muscles.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
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Tornado damages Tulsa homes, school campus The damage from the Friday, March 6, storms extended across wide swaths of eastern Oklahoma, including north Tulsa.—
Richard Mize,
Oklahoman,
7 Mar. 2026
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The picture exudes both grace and vulnerability, and hints at imperfection by way of a disconcerting, coral-like wrinkle that mars the foot’s heel.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2025
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2026
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Everyone is treated as a VIP, with individualized check-ins and room tours, and an on-call staff that will bring you a ginger shot and Tums if your stomach hurts and plug in your golf cart to charge overnight.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
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Villi help your body capture nutrients from food, so an attack on them reduces the absorptive surface and hurts this essential function.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
11 Mar. 2026
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These pressures could produce a tsunami that fractures the state’s fiscal foundation, self-inflicts a crisis ultimately demanding drastic cuts, and cripples its competitiveness.—
Andrew Rein,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Scarface and friends attack the lab, and break out the kryptonite that cripples El and Kali.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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Dark money significantly weakens democracy.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Even as the wealth tax debate weakens Khanna’s support among Silicon Valley heavyweights, this may not be enough to unseat him, Maviglio said, noting the tax would affect fewer than 250 people in the state.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
11 Mar. 2026
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If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.—
Southern California Weather Report,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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If rain severely impairs your vision, pull over and wait for conditions to improve.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Injures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/injures. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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