invalids

verb

present tense third-person singular of invalid
as in damages

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  1. damages
  2. hurts
  3. harms
  4. injures
  5. impairs
  6. exhausts
  7. cripples
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  • What homeowners insurance covers after wildfire smoke exposure If wildfire smoke damages your property, homeowners insurance is typically the first place to turn.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 20 July 2026
  • The lenses are replaceable, too, in case a bad fall damages them.
    — Brad Bourque, The Verge, 18 July 2026
Definition of damages
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  • But the captain also revealed, a few days on from the defeat to Argentina in Atlanta, how much Wednesday night still hurts the players.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Research shows heat hurts cognitive performance, including reaction time and decision-making.
    — Laura Schifter, Time, 17 July 2026
Definition of hurts
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  • According to their study, these thin-film solar cells held onto over 90 percent of their original efficiency after being exposed to a harsh reverse bias of minus 40 volts, which usually harms standard thin-film solar cells.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
  • Far from being a resolution to moving past trauma, Stevens said, the forgive-and-forget doctrine likely harms victims more.
    — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 20 July 2026
Definition of harms
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  • 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
Definition of injures
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  • That sounds simple, but leaders who are highly activated are often the least accurate at assessing their own state—the same activation that impairs judgment also impairs the ability to perceive that judgment is impaired.
    — Joy Nissen, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The chronic disease, which impairs the body’s ability to properly regulate blood sugar, contributed to 94,445 deaths that year.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of impairs
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  • Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.
    — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
  • If the search for a large outdoor planter exhausts you—just get a terra-cotta planter.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 6 Apr. 2026
Definition of exhausts
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  • Federal illegality further cripples operations with banking and tax burdens.
    — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • In the final version of the film, Furiosa captures Dementus, cripples him, brings him back to the Citadel.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
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