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wounding

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verb

present participle of wound

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
Adjective
  • But the idea of an inalienable Palestinian right to nation-state status is wobbly at best, and may be damaging to all sides.
    Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Burney adds that this plant can be potentially damaging to the heart.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The anti-immigrant rhetoric has been so acute that an anti-immigration far-right extremist in Germany — ironically himself an immigrant — just attacked a holiday market, killing at least five and injuring hundreds.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a car plowed through a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, on Friday night, killing five people and injuring some 200 others.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • For Matias and Rafael the risk is that this will prove to be a fatal attraction though.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The Traffic Investigation Unit is looking into the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident, police said.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Erosion of trust within the GOP ranks is seen as injurious for the Speaker, whose legislative and political headaches are piling up, The Hill reports.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
  • All of the fraternity members, including Larsen, received at least one felony charge, including recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public, and violating the social host ordinance.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Performers included Trinidad’s lethal lioness Queen Omega, Bushman blazing his biggest hits, and the Marley brothers.
    Essence, Essence, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Verhaeghe answered that query with a power play goal on a lethal wrist shot set up by Reinhart midway through the third.
    Adam Beasley, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Though nicotine pouches are seen as a less destructive alternative to cigarettes, the American Lung Association stated that nicotine — a highly addictive chemical — is harmful in any form.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • California threatens to make the same mistake if the access to inmate firefighters prevents policymakers from focusing on the structural challenges caused by environmental factors and climate change that are producing more — and more destructive — fires.
    Justin Hawkins / Made by History, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Avocado oil reduces unstable harmful molecules (free radicals) in rodent brains and increases the presence of antioxidant molecules.1 6.
    Amy Brownstein, MS, RDN, Verywell Health, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Wear sunglasses that block 100% of UVA and UVB rays to protect your eyes from harmful UV exposure, even on cloudy days.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However, sometimes our discussions would turn into heated and hurtful arguments.
    Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
  • These allegations are false and incredibly hurtful to both me and, more importantly, my family.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.

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