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adjective

as in damaging

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verb

present participle of wound
1
as in injuring
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 insulting
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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Recent Examples of wounding
Verb
Hunter Nadeau, the man accused of killing one person and wounding several others in a shooting at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire last year, plans to use an insanity defense. — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The attacks struck two Ukrnafta gas stations, killing two people and wounding six at one of them, the prosecutor's office said. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026 Russian drones and missiles are increasingly striking everyday civilian sites — gas stations, shopping malls and apartment blocks — killing and wounding scores and aiming to disrupt life and sap Ukrainians’ morale. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The attacks struck two Ukrnafta gas stations, killing two people and wounding six at one of them, the prosecutor’s office said. — Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 About an hour later, a gunman fired multiple shots into a vehicle near Third Avenue and Blanchard Street, fatally wounding a 23-year-old woman. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026 The Phoenix man charged with killing one person and critically wounding another in Old Town Scottsdale argued with the pair minutes earlier, retrieved a gun from his car and resumed a fight at least partially caught on security cameras. — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026 In Zaporizhzhia, drone strikes killed a 74-year-old man and wounded three people, while a drone damaged an apartment building, wounding seven people, in the Khmelnytskyi region. — Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 Officials in the southern Ukraine region of Odesa reported that the attack damaged a 24-story residential building, destroying apartments on several floors and wounding eight people, including a child. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. insulting
  4. fatal
  5. offending
  6. injurious
  7. outraging
  8. destructive
Adjective
  • Analysts who have followed Saab’s relationship with Maduro have said his testimony could be particularly damaging if prosecutors call him as a witness at Maduro’s narcoterrorism trial in New York.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The storms carry a limited damaging wind risk of up to 60 mph, officials said.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • North Korean mines in past years have occasionally washed down a swollen river into South Korea, killing or injuring civilians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The roof of another building in Gaza City caved in Friday after a brief period of rain, the local civil defense force said, lightly injuring four children.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms -- insulting them in briefings, or in his recent speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Griffin brought up the moment as the cohosts discussed Andy Cohen apologizing for previously insulting Dancing With the Stars performer Julia Stiles, who called the Watch What Happens Live host out on DWTS earlier this week.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • After 16 months of radiation and chemotherapy, a September 2025 scan showed the cancer had spread to his spinal cord, a condition called leptomeningeal disease that usually proves fatal within a few months.
    — Arthur Allen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • None of the 10 students riding to Wyandotte High School on Monday morning were injured when gunfire struck their school bus during a fatal dispute.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of fatal
Verb
  • For that, their game — analyzing randomness and violence and doing so without offending our intelligence — has become as important to the American audience as The Game.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • While Presley made appearances on The Milton Berle Show and The Steve Allen Show, among many others, Sullivan had hesitations about platforming the provocative singer, whose dance moves thrilled some audiences while offending others.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of offending
Adjective
  • White House advisers have argued that his vision would be politically injurious ahead of the midterms.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Strengthening balance is critical to help older adults prevent injurious falls.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of injurious
Verb
  • The Hitlerite hordes are murdering and outraging the peaceful inhabitants of our country, having no mercy on women, children or old people.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of outraging
Adjective
  • The project was on the side of a scrubby hill that looked nothing like the steep timber and chaparral where California’s destructive fires burn and the insurance market has fled.
    — Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The violence was easier to process then as a negative act, something destructive.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of destructive

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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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