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I0146100 (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.

injure

(ˈɪndʒə) vb (tr) 1. to cause physical or mental harm or suffering to; hurt or wound2. to offend, esp by an injustice[C16: back formation from injury] ˈinjurable adj ˈinjured adj ˈinjurer n

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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.

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.

injure

Past participle: injured
Gerund: injuring

Imperative
injure
injure

Present
I injure
you injure
he/she/it injures
we injure
you injure
they injure

Preterite
I injured
you injured
he/she/it injured
we injured
you injured
they injured

Present Continuous
I am injuring
you are injuring
he/she/it is injuring
we are injuring
you are injuring
they are injuring

Present Perfect
I have injured
you have injured
he/she/it has injured
we have injured
you have injured
they have injured

Past Continuous
I was injuring
you were injuring
he/she/it was injuring
we were injuring
you were injuring
they were injuring

Past Perfect
I had injured
you had injured
he/she/it had injured
we had injured
you had injured
they had injured

Future
I will injure
you will injure
he/she/it will injure
we will injure
you will injure
they will injure

Future Perfect
I will have injured
you will have injured
he/she/it will have injured
we will have injured
you will have injured
they will have injured

Future Continuous
I will be injuring
you will be injuring
he/she/it will be injuring
we will be injuring
you will be injuring
they will be injuring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been injuring
you have been injuring
he/she/it has been injuring
we have been injuring
you have been injuring
they have been injuring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been injuring
you will have been injuring
he/she/it will have been injuring
we will have been injuring
you will have been injuring
they will have been injuring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been injuring
you had been injuring
he/she/it had been injuring
we had been injuring
you had been injuring
they had been injuring

Conditional
I would injure
you would injure
he/she/it would injure
we would injure
you would injure
they would injure

Past Conditional
I would have injured
you would have injured
he/she/it would have injured
we would have injured
you would have injured
they would have injured

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	injure - cause injuries or bodily harm towoundhurt - 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 concussioncalk - injure with a calkexcruciate, 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"traumatise, traumatize, shock - inflict a trauma uponmaim - 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"handicap, incapacitate, invalid, disable - injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident"harm - cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"run over, run down - injure or kill by running over, as with a vehiclefracture, break - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weaponknife, stab - use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death"skin, scrape - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"bruise, contuse - injure the underlying soft tissue or bone of; "I bruised my knee"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"spite, wound, bruise, offend, hurtaffront, 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"abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
	3.	injure - cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"hurtdamage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

injure

verb1. hurt, wound, harm, break, damage, smash, crush, mar, disable, shatter, bruise, impair, mutilate, maim, mangle, incapacitate A bomb exploded, seriously injuring five people.2. damage, harm, ruin, wreck, weaken, spoil, impair Too much stress can injure your health.3. undermine, damage, mar, blight, tarnish, blacken, besmirch, vitiate an attempt to injure another trader's business

injure

verb1. To cause physical damage to:hurt, wound.2. To spoil the soundness or perfection of:blemish, damage, detract from, disserve, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate.3. To cause suffering or painful sorrow to:aggrieve, distress, grieve, hurt, pain, wound.

Translations

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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.损害ˈinjured adjective1. (also noun) (people who have been) wounded or harmed. The injured (people) were all taken to hospital after the accident.受伤的2. (of feelings, pride etc) hurt. `Why didn't you tell me before?' he said in an injured voice.受损害的injurious (inˈdʒuəriəs) adjective (with to) harmful. Smoking is injurious to one's health.有害的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.伤害

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