1
as in to damage
to cause bodily damage to
an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it
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2
as in to insult
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
that callous comment really wounded me
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Recent Examples of wound
Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Wounded, Hyman stumbled to her desk and died from her wounds, according to one of the officials who reviewed the video.
—John Miller, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
Last month, a 15-year-old boy was killed and four other people wounded in a shooting on the same stretch of Harbor Road.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Rose, who previously served as a Marine in Afghanistan and joined the DeKalb County Police Department in September 2024, was responding to the scene and died from gunshot wounds.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Wounded, Hyman stumbled to her desk and died from her wounds, according to one of the officials who reviewed the video.
—John Miller, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2025
Noun
Though the club did engage in the top of the market for big-name relievers who wound up moving, from Jhoan Duran to Mason Miller to Ryan Helsley, among others, the team did not wind up using any of its top prospects in a deep system to complete a deal.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2025
Last month, a 15-year-old boy was killed and four other people wounded in a shooting on the same stretch of Harbor Road.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wound
Verb
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Extreme heat in 2023 had damaged the quality of rice, causing an acute shortage last year that was exacerbated by the government’s misreading of supply and demand.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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Only one public building was damaged in Lincoln, according to Chief of Staff Rhonda Hulse.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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After a couple of insulting caricatures, increasingly bizarre depictions of the Vice President started to spread through the internet, the trend becoming a competition to see who could create the most hideous, weird or original Vance.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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More to the point, these kinds of claims insult the officers who are actually doing the work.—
Diane Goldstein,
Oc Register,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The bear was relocated to a safe, wooded area with ample food and water after no lacerations or additional injuries were noted, the DNR said.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Turbulence caused more than 200 serious injuries in the US alone between 2009 and 2024, according to data from the US National Transportation Safety Board.—
Renée Rigdon,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, Friesen was severely injured in an accident during the Super DIRTcar Series race at Canada’s Autodrome Drummond last weekend.—
Joseph Wolkin,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Neither victim was physically injured during the encounter.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Advertisement Where things get subtle is with unpleasant posts, especially ones that anger or offend you.—
Noah Giansiracusa,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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South Park premiered Season 27 on July 23, mocking Trump in bed with Satan, which seemingly offended the White House resident.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Also visible in the image is an abrasion patch, a 2-inch (5-centimeter) area of the Martian surface into which Perseverance drilled with its diamond-dust tipped grinder known as the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT), capable of spinning at 3,000 revolutions per minute.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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These issues can include: Corneal abrasions: Contact lenses or foreign objects can scratch or scrape the epithelium, the outer layer of your cornea.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
1 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And, before getting hurt, Paredes trailed just Altuve for leading the team in home runs.—
Tyler Small,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Neither featured again, their abrupt omission clearly hurting two players who had done so much to get Wrexham up and running again after being brought together following Palmer’s arrival in January 2022 from Wimbledon in a club record £300,000 deal.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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Booker's comment outraged Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., 65, another prospective and former 2020 White House contender, who needled him for missing a committee hearing on the bipartisan package.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 Aug. 2025
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Hogan, shocked and outraged by the publication, filed a lawsuit charging Gawker with invasion of privacy, infringement of personality rights, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
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“Wound.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wound. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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