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INJURE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause injuries or bodily harm to

Synonyms:

injure; wound

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "injure" is one way to...):

hurt (give trouble or pain to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "injure"):

graze (break the skin (of a body part) by scraping)

bruise; contuse (injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of)

scrape; skin (bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of)

knife; stab (use a knife on)

hit; pip; shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)

break; fracture (fracture a bone of)

run down; run over (injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle)

harm (cause or do harm to)

disable; handicap; incapacitate; invalid (injure permanently)

subluxate (sprain or dislocate slightly)

rick; sprain; turn; twist; wrench; wrick (twist suddenly so as to sprain)

maim (injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation)

shock; traumatise; traumatize (inflict a trauma upon)

overstretch; pull (strain abnormally)

excruciate; torment; torture (subject to torture)

calk (injure with a calk)

concuss (injure the brain; sustain a concussion)

trample (injure by trampling or as if by trampling)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

injury (an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage)

injury (an accident that results in physical damage or hurt)

injury (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause damage or affect negatively

Example:

Our business was hurt by the new competition

Synonyms:

hurt; injure

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "injure" is one way to...):

damage (inflict damage upon)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Hurt the feelings of

Example:

This remark really bruised my ego

Synonyms:

bruise; hurt; injure; offend; spite; wound

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "injure" is one way to...):

arouse; elicit; enkindle; evoke; fire; kindle; provoke; raise (call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "injure"):

affront; diss; insult (treat, mention, or speak to rudely)

lacerate (deeply hurt the feelings of; distress)

sting (cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging)

abase; chagrin; humble; humiliate; mortify (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam cannot injure Sue

Credits

 Context examples: 

The process helps the immune system detect whether an organ is under attack from bacteria or viruses or has been injured.

(NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains, National Institutes of Health)

Mrs. Hilton Cubitt was seriously injured, and is at death’s door.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“He is a deeply-injured man, Miss Dartle,” I replied.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"He thought you were going to injure me, and he wouldn't stand for it. It's all right. It's all right. He'll learn soon enough."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Was the remainder of the coronet at all injured?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also, he recinched the injured ankle and prepared himself for a day of travel.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But are you not afraid to leave the horse in his power now, since he has every interest in injuring it?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Within the first day of injury, immune cells from the blood called inflammatory monocytes entered the core of the injured meningeal tissue and started clearing away dead cells.

(Scientists watch the brain’s lining heal after a head injury, National Institutes of Health)

Injured rats treated with morphine were sensitive for longer and to a higher degree; lighter touches caused them to withdraw their paws from the stimulus more often than saline-treated animals.

(Opioid Pain Relievers May Prolong Pain, NIH)

"No, I cannot do that," she replied, "but I will give you my kiss, and no one will dare injure a person who has been kissed by the Witch of the North."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)