Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense injures, present participle injuring, past tense, past participle injured
verb
If you injure a person or animal, you damage some part of their body.
A number of bombs have exploded, seriously injuring at least five people. [VERB noun]
...stiff penalties for motorists who kill, maim, and injure. [VERB]
Synonyms: hurt, wound, harm, break More Synonyms of injure
More Synonyms of injure
injure in British English
(ˈɪndʒə)
verb(transitive)
1.
to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound
2.
to offend, esp by an injustice
Derived forms
injurable (ˈinjurable)
adjective
injured (ˈinjured)
adjective
injurer (ˈinjurer)
noun
Word origin
C16: back formation from injury
injure in American English
(ˈɪndʒər)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈinjured or ˈinjuring
1.
to do physical harm or damage to; hurt
2.
to offend (one's feelings, pride, etc.); wound
3.
to weaken or otherwise cause a loss in value to (a business, reputation, etc.)
4.
to be unjust to; wrong
SYNONYMY NOTE: injure implies the marring of the appearance, health, soundness, etc. of a person or thing[injured pride]; harm more strongly suggests the pain or distress caused [he wouldn't harm a fly]; damage stresses the loss, as in value, usefulness, etc., resulting from an injury [damaged goods]; hurt implies a wounding physically or emotionally or a causing of any kind of harm ordamage [the rumors hurt his business]; to impair something is to cause it to deteriorate in quality or to lessen in value, strength,etc. [impaired hearing]; spoil implies such serious impairment of a thing as to destroy its value, usefulness, etc.[the canned food was spoiled]
Derived forms
injurer (ˈinjurer)
noun
Word origin
altered < earlier injury, to harm < LME injurien < MFr injurier < L injuriari < injuria: see injury
Examples of 'injure' in a sentence
injure
Many were injured or killed in the attempt.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
At least three other people were injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Doctors said that dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Today two people were injured outside, one died.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The total casualties reported as a result of the raid were two killed and 13 injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
People can get injured in the warm-up.
The Sun (2016)
Rebels claimed that 100 people were killed or injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They were dealing with people badly injured in road accidents, which was good training for the battlefield.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The five residents were injured with two needing hospital treatment for'major trauma '.
The Sun (2017)
Three other people were injured in the attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Then many of us got injured and that hurt us.
The Sun (2008)
The hardest part of being injured is coping mentally.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We are missing four or five important players injured.
The Sun (2010)
It is only through sheer luck that no one was injured or killed.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Hundreds of people have been injured and four protesters and one policeman are reported to have died.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One security guard was seriously hurt and another injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Two protesters were killed and five were injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Do you see anyone injured or killed?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She was one of five people seriously injured when roller coaster carriages crashed into each other.
The Sun (2015)
And it was gained despite having five players out injured.
The Sun (2014)
Britain risks a third annual rise in the number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on the roads.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This cover provides for compensation if leaders or group members are killed or injured while taking part in group activities.
Aiken, Nick Working with Teenagers (1994)
This week's subjects were all injured while taking part in sports.
The Sun (2012)
More than 700 people have been injured.
The Sun (2015)
Fourteen people were injured, five of them critically.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Three people were killed, and five injured.
The Sun (2014)
I wasn't hurt or injured by that in the slightest, genuinely.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
A HOSPITAL patient was injured after part of a ward ceiling crashed down on to his bed.
The Sun (2009)
In other languages
injure
British English: injure /ˈɪndʒə/ VERB
If you injure a person or animal, you damage some part of their body.
He would not injure any living thing.
American English: injure
Arabic: يَجْرَحُ
Brazilian Portuguese: ferir
Chinese: 损害
Croatian: ozlijediti
Czech: zranit
Danish: såre
Dutch: verwonden
European Spanish: lesionar
Finnish: vahingoittaa fyysisesti
French: blesser
German: verletzen
Greek: τραυματίζω
Italian: ferire
Japanese: 傷つける
Korean: 상처를 입히다
Norwegian: såre
Polish: zranić
European Portuguese: ferir
Romanian: a răni
Russian: ранить
Latin American Spanish: lesionar
Swedish: skada
Thai: ทำให้ได้รับบาดเจ็บ
Turkish: yaralamak
Ukrainian: ранити
Vietnamese: làm tổn thương
Chinese translation of 'injure'
injure
(ˈɪndʒəʳ)
vt
[person]伤(傷)害 (shānghài)
[leg, arm, hand]伤(傷) (shāng)
to injure o.s.伤(傷)害自己 (shānghài zìjǐ)
he was badly injured in the attack他在进(進)攻中受了重伤(傷) (tā zài jìngōng zhōng shòule zhòngshāng)
1 (verb)
Definition
to hurt physically or mentally
A bomb exploded, seriously injuring five people.
Synonyms
hurt
She had hurt her back in an accident.
wound
The driver of the bus was wounded by shrapnel.
harm
I removed the splinter carefully, anxious not to harm him further.
break
He fell through the window, breaking the glass.
damage
smash
A crowd of youths started smashing windows.
crush
Their vehicle was crushed by an army tank.
mar
The scar didn't mar his self-confidence, he rather liked it.
disable
shatter
Safety glass won't shatter if it's broken.
bruise
I had only bruised my knee.
impair
mutilate
His arm was mutilated in an industrial accident.
maim
One man has lost his life; another has been maimed.
mangle
After being crushed, the car was mangled beyond all recognition.
mangulate (Australian, slang)
incapacitate
2 (verb)
Definition
to damage
Too much stress can injure your health.
Synonyms
damage
The strong winds damaged the fence.
harm
a warning that the product may harm the environment
ruin
The original decor was all ruined during renovation.
wreck
His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.
weaken
Her opponents believe that her authority has been fatally weakened.
spoil
It is important not to let mistakes spoil your life.
impair
The bright sunshine was impairing my vision.
crool or cruel (Australian, slang)
3 (verb)
Definition
to do wrong to (a person), esp. by an injustice
an attempt to injure another trader's business
Synonyms
undermine
This will undermine their chances of success.
damage
He doesn't want to damage his reputation as a political personality.
mar
A number of problems marred the smooth running of the event.
blight
tarnish
His image was tarnished by the savings and loans scandal.
blacken
They're trying to blacken our name.
besmirch
Lawyers can besmirch reputations.
vitiate
electoral abuses which could vitiate the entire voting process