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
noun, as in an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
What does injury mean?5
noun
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury
a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
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