as in damages
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for invalids
Verb
-
Over time, that persistent immune activation can create chronic inflammation that damages blood vessels and increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, and blood clots.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
9 June 2026 -
Kidneys and livers often need to be transplanted together as liver failure often damages kidneys.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
7 June 2026
Verb
-
My son was defending himself, and that's what hurts so bad.—
Ken Molestina,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
-
That last one really hurts Rushing's case here, given the literal purpose of his slide was to take out the shortstop.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
Verb
-
Antitrust enforcement remains an important tool to address circumstances where market concentration harms consumers and commerce.—
Alexander Ciccone,
Oc Register,
8 June 2026
-
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection that harms the immune system, tissues and organs.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
Verb
-
On the video the bear then moves into the factory compound and injures a second male employee in his 60s.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 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
Verb
-
Unfortunately, substance use impairs judgment, increases impulsivity and amplifies vulnerability to a range of other high-risk behaviors and harms.—
Beverly Kingston,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
-
Seventy percent of mothers get fewer than five hours of unbroken sleep per night—a level of deprivation that clinically impairs decision-making, emotional regulation, and cognitive function.—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
Verb
-
The people most capable of using AI to compress weeks into hours are precisely the people who escalation exhausts.—
Rob Versaw,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
-
Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.—
Jenny Odell,
Longreads,
2 June 2026
Verb
-
Drones allow aggressors to target critical infrastructure that cripples a defender’s economy at low cost and with high accuracy.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
-
Holloway stars as John Matherson, a college professor and former military officer charged with protecting his community after a catastrophic electromagnetic pulse attack cripples the nation.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Aug. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Invalids.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/invalids. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
