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| 1. | [ noun ] (medicine) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. | |
| Synonyms: | hurt harm trauma | |
| Related terms: | ill_health wound bleeding bruise frostbite electric_shock dislocation fracture blast_trauma rupture sting pinch bump wale whiplash wrench intravasation birth_trauma burn blunt_trauma penetrating_injury strain injure suffer traumatize | |
| 2. | [ noun ] an accident that results in physical damage or hurt | |
| Synonyms: | accidental_injury | |
| Related terms: | accident concussion mutilation injure | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (military) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat | |
| Synonyms: | wound combat_injury | |
| Related terms: | personnel_casualty blighty_wound flesh_wound military | |
| 4. | [ noun ] an act that injures someone | |
| Related terms: | wrongdoing disservice spoil injure | |
| Similar spelling: |
inquiry incur injure insurer inquire injured inquirer Inger inquiring injurious incurring insure |
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