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in·jure
(ĭn′jər)tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures
1.
a. To cause physical harm to; hurt: The accident injured the passengers. The fall injured his knee.
b. To experience injury in (oneself or a body part): She injured her ankle climbing down the hill.
2.
a. To cause damage to; impair: The gossip injured his reputation.
b. To commit an injustice or offense against; wrong: people who were injured by the false accusations.
3. To cause distress to; wound: injured their feelings.
[Middle English injuren, to wrong, dishonor, from Old French injurier, from Latin iniūriārī, from iniūria, a wrong; see injury.]
in′jur·er n.
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injure
(ˈɪndʒə)vb (tr)
1. to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound
2. to offend, esp by an injustice
[C16: back formation from injury]
ˈinjurable adj
ˈinjured adj
ˈinjurer n
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in•jure
(ˈɪn dʒər)v.t. -jured, -jur•ing.
1. to do or cause harm of any kind to; hurt: to injure one's hand.
2. to offend: to injure a friend's feelings.
3. to treat unjustly or unfairly.
[1575–85; back formation from injury (n.); replacing injury (v.)]
in′jur•a•ble, adj.
in′jur•er, n.
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injure
1. 'injure' used as a verb
To injure someone means to damage a part of their body.
The earthquake killed 24,000 people and injured 77,000.
A number of bombs have exploded seriously injuring at least five people.
If you accidentally damage a part of your body, you can say that you injure yourself or injure that part of your body.
He's going to injure himself if he isn't careful.
Peter recently injured his right hand in a training accident.
Be Careful!
Injure cannot be an intransitive verb. You do not say, for example, 'He injured in a car accident'. You say 'He was injured in a car accident'.
Seventy policemen were injured in the fighting.
A number of other verbs are used to refer to damage done to a person's body.
2. 'injured' used as an adjective
Injured is often an adjective.
Thousands of injured people still lay among the ruins.
East Grinstead won 3-1 without van Asselt, who was injured.
Adverbs such as badly, seriously, and critically are often used in front of injured.
She was not badly injured.
A man lay critically injured for eight hours after his car skidded off a road and smashed into trees.
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injure
Past participle: injured
Gerund: injuring
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| Verb | 1. | injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to hurt - give trouble or pain to; "This exercise will hurt your back" trample - injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was trampled by an elephant" concuss - injure the brain; sustain a concussion calk - injure with a calk excruciate, torture, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" overstretch, pull - strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" sprain, wrick, rick, wrench, twist, turn - twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days" subluxate - sprain or dislocate slightly; "subluxate the hip" harm - cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system" skin, scrape - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" graze - break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed by the stray bullet" |
| 2. | injure - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" affront, diss, insult - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" lacerate - deeply hurt the feelings of; distress; "his lacerating remarks" sting - cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her" | |
| 3. | injure - cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition" damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
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injure
verb
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
injure
verb2. To spoil the soundness or perfection of:
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Translations
يَجْرَحيَجْرَحُ
poškoditranitzranit
sårebeskadigekvæste
vahingoittaaolla
ozlijediti
særa, slasa
傷つける
상처를 입히다
sužeidimassužeisti
aizskartaizvainotievainotsavainot
biti ranjenraniti
skada
ทำให้ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
làm tổn thương
injure
[ˈɪndʒəʳ] VT1. (physically) → herir (esp Sport) → lesionar
he was injured in the accident → resultó herido en el accidente
two players were injured → dos jugadores resultaron lesionados
he was badly/slightly injured → resultó gravemente/levemente herido
he injured his arm → resultó herido en el brazo (Sport) → se lesionó el brazo
to injure o.s. (in an accident) → resultar herido; (deliberately) → causarse heridas, autolesionarse; (in a match, race etc) → lesionarse
he was injured in the accident → resultó herido en el accidente
two players were injured → dos jugadores resultaron lesionados
he was badly/slightly injured → resultó gravemente/levemente herido
he injured his arm → resultó herido en el brazo (Sport) → se lesionó el brazo
to injure o.s. (in an accident) → resultar herido; (deliberately) → causarse heridas, autolesionarse; (in a match, race etc) → lesionarse
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
injure
[ˈɪndʒər] vt (physically) [+ person, animal] → blesser
No one was injured in the accident → Personne n'a été blessé dans l'accident.
He was badly injured in the attack → Il a été grièvement blessé au cours de l'attaque.
to injure one's hand → se blesser à la main
to injure o.s. → se blesser
No one was injured in the accident → Personne n'a été blessé dans l'accident.
He was badly injured in the attack → Il a été grièvement blessé au cours de l'attaque.
to injure one's hand → se blesser à la main
to injure o.s. → se blesser
(= harm) [+ person] → faire tort à; [+ reputation] → faire tort à
to injure sb's feelings → blesser qn
to injure sb's pride → blesser qn dans son orgueil
to injure sb's feelings → blesser qn
to injure sb's pride → blesser qn dans son orgueil
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
injure
vt
(lit) → verletzen; to injure one’s leg → sich (dat) → das Bein verletzen, sich (acc) → am Bein verletzen; the horse was injured → das Pferd verletzte sich; how many were injured?, how many injured were there? → wie viele Verletzte gab es?; the injured → die Verletzten pl
(fig) (= offend) sb, sb’s feelings → verletzen, kränken; (= damage) reputation → schaden (+dat); his injured reputation → sein geschädigter Ruf; the injured party (Jur) → der/die Geschädigte; injured innocence → gekränkte Unschuld
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injure
[ˈɪndʒəʳ] vtCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
injure
(ˈindʒə) verb to harm or damage. He injured his arm when he fell; They were badly injured when the car crashed; A story like that could injure his reputation; His pride has been injured.
ˈinjured adjective1. (also noun) (people who have been) wounded or harmed. The injured (people) were all taken to hospital after the accident.
2. (of feelings, pride etc) hurt. `Why didn't you tell me before?' he said in an injured voice.
injurious (inˈdʒuəriəs) adjective (with to) harmful. Smoking is injurious to one's health.
ˈinjury – plural ˈinjuries – noun (an instance of) harm or damage. Badly designed chairs can cause injury to the spine; The motorcyclist received severe injuries in the crash.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
injure
→ يَجْرَحُ zranit såre verletzen τραυματίζω lesionar vahingoittaa blesser ozlijediti ferire 傷つける 상처를 입히다 verwonden såre zranić ferir ранить skada ทำให้ได้รับบาดเจ็บ yaralamak làm tổn thương 损害Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
in·jure
v. dañar; lastimar, herir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
injure
vt (hurt, wound) herir, lesionar; (damage, harm) lesionar, (severely) dañar; The explosion injured 3 people..La explosión hirió a 3 personas… The bullet injured the nerve..La bala lesionó el nervio; to — oneself lesionarse; When did she injure herself?.. ¿Cuándo se lesionó?; to — one’s knee (foot, etc.) lesionarse la rodilla (pie, etc.)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.