Synonyms of injuring

injuring

verb

present participle of injure

1

as in damaging

to cause bodily damage to

injured himself while skiing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• wounding
• hurting
• bruising
• harming
• torturing
• tearing
• mutilating
• maiming
• battering
• lacerating
• scarring
• blowing out
• tormenting
• scalding
• nicking
• impairing
• bloodying
• crippling
• gashing
• straining
• grazing
• hamstringing
• afflicting
• creasing
• mangling
• abusing
• cutting
• goring
• scathing
• maltreating
• marring
• contusing
• laming
• scraping
• spoiling
• laying up
• aggrieving
• blemishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fixing
• healing
• curing
• remedying
• mending

2

as in marring

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• marring
• hurting
• crippling
• compromising
• weakening
• harming
• impairing
• breaking
• spoiling
• destroying
• eroding
• disfiguring
• bloodying
• wounding
• defacing
• undermining
• ruining
• crossing (up)
• vitiating
• shattering
• blemishing
• crabbing
• battering
• deteriorating
• flawing
• wrecking
• demolishing
• endamaging
• torturing
• denting
• wearing (away)
• mutilating
• smashing
• maiming
• enervating
• blighting
• tarnishing
• scouring
• enfeebling
• crushing
• disabling
• tormenting
• washing out
• lacerating
• devastating
• annihilating
• botching
• wasting
• totaling
• decimating
• pulverizing
• hamstringing
• mangling
• razing
• dinging
• clobbering
• bashing
• wiping out
• gumming (up)
• queering
• dashing
• tearing down
• laming
• scourging
• dinting
• doing in
• desolating
• banging up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• rebuilding
• fixing
• reconstructing
• helping
• rehabilitating
• renovating
• patching
• mending
• healing
• reconditioning
• curing
• revamping
• remedying
• rectifying
• improving
• revising
• doctoring
• remodeling
• enhancing
• editing
• enriching
• bettering
• perfecting
• refining
• ameliorating
• meliorating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of injuring

The victim ran away screaming for help, injuring her leg during the ordeal, Smith said. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

In Gary, Superintendent Yvonne Stokes said damage to schools was minimal except for a tree at the West Side Leadership Academy which fell and crashed through window injuring an employee. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026

Hernán Flores, captain of the boat’s 16 crew members, said one drone crashed into the boat, severely injuring the foot of his nephew Jordyn. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

The fire spread with violent speed, killing 63 people and injuring a further 193. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

Ayesha says she was knocked to the ground, severely injuring her knee, before two Taliban members seized her and forced her into a car. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026

The trip changed his life when terrorist Rashid Baz opened fire on the van, murdering 16-year-old Ari Halberstam, and injuring several others. — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

During one memorable moment, a powerful wave crashed over a sea wall in Ventura, injuring eight people. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Texas authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying who illegally shot three alligators – killing two and injuring one at the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge on Lake Worth. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026