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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
Three gunmen opened fire at a house party in KwaMakhutha township near Durban, killing 11 people, including a pregnant woman, and wounding three others. — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 The confrontation began Friday after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a mosque, and gunmen stormed the facility, killing 21 people and wounding 103 others. — Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026 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. — 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 2024, a gunman jumped a barricade during the parade and wildly opened fire, wounding a 16-year-old gang rival and striking four others, killing a 25-year-old man. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 7 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. insulting
  4. fatal
  5. offending
  6. injurious
  7. outraging
  8. destructive
Adjective
  • The Yindjibarndi have accused Fortescue of exploiting their land and damaging cultural sites.
    — Vivienne Walt, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Countries have already used the quickest and least economically damaging tools available to stabilize oil and gas prices.
    — RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • North Korean mines have occasionally been carried into South Korea by swollen rivers, killing or injuring civilians.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Hall, 25, is considered week-to-week after injuring his groin in Sunday’s 31-24 loss to the Lions, sources confirmed.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 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
  • In its statement, FARDC said an investigation to determine the actual circumstances and the exact causes of the fatal plane crash was already underway.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026
  • As flu season approaches, TikTokers are spreading a homemade elixir to supposedly boost the immune system that experts warn could in fact cause the fatal disease botulism.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 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
  • But most destructive is the voice of Jamal’s stepdad, which is a negative, paranoid voice that tries to convince him to doubt the intentions of those around him.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Such capabilities can potentially affect military intelligence, communications, and navigation without creating the debris associated with destructive anti-satellite missile tests.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of destructive

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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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