wounding 1 of 2

present participle of wound

wounding

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
Verb
  • Authorities accused an Arlington Heights man of hitting and injuring a Chicago Police officer while driving under the influence Sunday on the West side, according to a news release.
    Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
  • They two men are also charged with injuring another person, according to Patch.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The primary risks for the Midwest will be damaging winds, hail, flash flooding and the possibility of tornadoes.
    Daniel Manzo, ABC News, 23 June 2025
  • The National Weather Service issued a moderate risk alert for severe thunderstorms across parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, warning that conditions could lead to tornadoes, damaging winds, and large hail throughout Friday evening and overnight.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • The United States has struck a crippling, but not fatal blow at Iran’s nuclear weapons aspirations.
    Brett Schaefer, National Review, 23 June 2025
  • And the mid-Atlantic recently saw its first fatal case of Heartland Virus.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • In contrast, those who leaned on injurious humor styles, such as sarcasm, ridicule or self-deprecating jokes, were perceived less favorably.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Robert White, 38, is facing charges of assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child for the Feb. 22 incident at an apartment in Brooklyn’s Spring Creek Towers in Starrett City, cops said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Richard Gerald Jordan, a 79-year-old Vietnam veteran with PTSD, received a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
  • Advertisement Build a Check-In Culture Loneliness can be lethal during a heatwave.
    Kathy Baughman McLeod, Time, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • And now, the American political divide has turned increasingly violent with political assassinations, assaults, Swatting, online threats, jackboot arrests, armed military in the city streets, and mutually destructive behavior.
    Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
  • His freedom was seen as part of a broader effort to address destructive federal policies, including the Indian boarding-school system, which Peltier was subjected to.
    Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • Research has found that building roads can fragment habitats, disrupt ecosystems, and increase erosion and sediment pollution in drinking water, among other potentially harmful outcomes.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2025
  • Bezos' wedding splurge is seen as unnecessary and harmful by protesters.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Think of a friendly prompt that helps a teen pause before posting something hurtful, or a gentle reminder that suggests taking a break after a long scroll session.
    Larry Magid, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
  • Kennedy also painted a bleak picture of people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, that was especially hurtful to Emma.
    Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025
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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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