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injury

/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i/noun3 syllables

Injury means: any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury.

Synonyms for injury10

noun, as in any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

noun, as in a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

wound, combat injury

noun, as in an accident that results in physical damage or hurt

accidental injury

also used for injury

scath, scathe, lesion, dere

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What does injury mean?5

noun

1

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

2

a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat

3

an accident that results in physical damage or hurt

4

an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage

5

wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Injury in a sentence

  • To add insult to injury, she just found out she is pregnant.deniko
  • An injury like this should hurt, but it doesn't at all, for some reason.andresangelini
  • With her injury, this giraffe can't afford to confront four adult lions.Amastan
  • I got hurt during an experiment, and the injury was pretty serious.minshirui
  • To avoid injury, don't tell me how to do my job.espamatics
  • City staged a late fightback, scoring an equaliser in injury time.sundown
  • After an injury to the reputation, all that's left is resignation.Miktsoanit
  • An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in water.carlosalberto

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Forms of injury

as a noun

plural
injuries