Injure

  • 21injure — v. to injure badly, seriously, severely; slightly * * * [ ɪndʒə] seriously severely slightly to injure badly …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 22injure — in|jure [ˈındʒə US ər] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: injury] 1.) to hurt yourself or someone else, for example in an accident or an attack →↑wound ▪ Angus injured his leg playing rugby yesterday. be badly/seriously/critically injured ▪ Two… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23injure — [[t]ɪ̱nʤə(r)[/t]] injures, injuring, injured VERB If you injure a person or animal, you damage some part of their body. [V n] A number of bombs have exploded, seriously injuring at least five people... [V n] Several policemen were injured in the… …

    English dictionary

  • 24injure — in•jure [[t]ˈɪn dʒər[/t]] v. t. jured, jur•ing 1) to do or cause harm of any kind to; hurt: to injure one s hand[/ex] 2) to offend: to injure a friend s feelings[/ex] 3) to treat unjustly or unfairly • Etymology: 1575–85; back formation from… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25injure — To wound, hurt, or harm. * * * in·jure in jər vt, in·jured; in·jur·ing inj (ə )riŋ 1) to inflict bodily hurt on 2) to impair the soundness of <injure your health> …

    Medical dictionary

  • 26injure — 01. Two people were killed, and a dozen others [injured] when a bus ran off the road in the rain over the weekend. 02. She [injured] her back lifting a heavy box while she was moving into her new apartment. 03. He was in a terrible car accident,… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 27injure — in|jure [ ındʒər ] verb transitive ** 1. ) often passive to hurt someone and cause damage to their body: Nine people died and 54 were injured in the accident. be seriously/ badly/severely injured: They were treated for shock, but no one was… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 28injure — verb (T) 1 to cause physical harm to someone or to yourself, for example in an accident or an attack: One of the players injured his knee and had to be carried off. | be badly/seriously/critically injured: Two people have been critically injured… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29injure — /ˈɪndʒə / (say injuh) verb (t) (injured, injuring) 1. to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure the hand. 2. to do wrong or injustice to. {backformation from injury (noun), replacing earlier injury (verb) –injurer, noun …

  • 30injure — To violate the legal right of another or inflict an actionable wrong. To do harm to, damage, or impair. To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair the soundness of, as health; to damage. Ziolkowski v. Continental Casualty Co., 284 Ill.App. 505, 1 …

    Black's law dictionary