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adjective

as in damaging

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wounding

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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
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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 Iran accused Washington of striking a wedding party, killing four people and wounding dozens. — Kanishka Singh, USA Today, 2 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 Then both police officers shot at the truck, wounding the driver, the patrol said. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026 Avoid wounding the bark because any wound provides an entry point for the Seiridium fungus, which can’t be controlled with chemicals. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026 Christian Castro faces Minnesota charges of assault and falsely reporting a crime after allegedly firing through a home’s front door and wounding 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis during an immigration crackdown. — Michael Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Brooklyn Center police say an investigation is underway after two girls riding a minibike collided with a motorist, fatally wounding one of the girls. — Cole Premo, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 In 2021, a teen was arrested after wounding two students and injuring two others in a shooting at a high school in Newport News, Virginia. — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. insulting
  4. fatal
  5. offending
  6. injurious
  7. outraging
  8. destructive
Adjective
  • The storm brought damaging winds and heavy rainfall to the islands of Kauai and Oahu, with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency reporting widespread power outages on both islands.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The main threat will be strong and damaging wind gusts from downbursts, the weather service said.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • The pilots of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 were blamed for crashing into a seawall in 2013, sending their jet cartwheeling down a runway in San Francisco, killing three people and injuring 187 others.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The jet, traveling from San Juan, Puerto Rico, overshot the runway, killing five people and injuring another five.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • Platner also apologized for old online comments that included insulting language about women, police and rural residents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The remade writers room (adding six characters to the large cast) is generationally split and spends most of its time arguing and insulting one another.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • That is until his young niece and nephew are kidnapped at a birthday party following the fatal shooting of his diplomat brother and the latter’s wife (Constanza Andrade).
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Boeing admitted responsibility for the fatal crashes and that its employees withheld information about the design flaw from the Federal Aviation Administration during certification.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of fatal
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  • 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
  • Large, destructive waves and life-threatening rip currents are forecast across many Hawaiian shorelines during the next several days.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • America’s sense of security was smashed with apocalyptic fury Tuesday when the most destructive and meticulously planned terror attack in history shattered two of the country’s most potent symbols.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of destructive

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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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