Synonyms of injures

injures

verb

present tense third-person singular of injure

1

as in damages

to cause bodily damage to

injured himself while skiing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• wounds
• hurts
• bruises
• harms
• scars
• tortures
• maims
• lacerates
• mutilates
• grazes
• tears
• afflicts
• cripples
• blows out
• impairs
• scalds
• torments
• gores
• batters
• bloodies
• mangles
• abuses
• hamstrings
• nicks
• gashes
• strains
• creases
• maltreats
• lames
• cuts
• contuses
• scrapes
• scathes
• mars
• spoils
• lays up
• aggrieves
• blemishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heals
• fixes
• cures
• remedies
• mends

2

as in mars

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damages
• mars
• hurts
• cripples
• weakens
• impairs
• erodes
• harms
• compromises
• disfigures
• breaks
• destroys
• spoils
• defaces
• undermines
• bloodies
• flaws
• vitiates
• crosses (up)
• wounds
• ruins
• shatters
• blemishes
• crabs
• deteriorates
• demolishes
• enervates
• batters
• enfeebles
• blights
• maims
• endamages
• tarnishes
• devastates
• scours
• wrecks
• tortures
• mutilates
• smashes
• wears (away)
• disables
• dents
• lacerates
• botches
• crushes
• washes out
• annihilates
• decimates
• torments
• dings
• mangles
• razes
• pulverizes
• clobbers
• wastes
• hamstrings
• bashes
• desolates
• gums (up)
• lames
• totals
• dints
• wipes out
• queers
• tears down
• scourges
• dashes
• does in
• bangs up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairs
• reconstructs
• doctors
• rebuilds
• renovates
• mends
• heals
• fixes
• reconditions
• helps
• rehabilitates
• revamps
• patches
• cures
• rectifies
• remedies
• improves
• revises
• enhances
• enriches
• refines
• edits
• remodels
• perfects
• ameliorates
• betters
• meliorates

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of injures

The heist goes wrong when one sister injures her back and ends up trapped on the second floor, setting off an increasingly frantic bid to get out before the homeowner comes home. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026

Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone? — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

This storyline later appeared in the second season of Girls, as Dunham’s character Hannah is overwhelmed with the anxiety of writing a novel and similarly injures herself. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026

In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026

Pool drain seriously injures girl Paloma Quatrini was just days away from her fourth birthday when the accident happened at an upscale resort in Mexico. — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 16 Mar. 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