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injury
[ in-juh-ree ]
noun
- harm or damage that is done or sustained:
to escape without injury.
Synonyms: mischief, impairment, ruin, destruction
Antonyms: benefit
- a particular form or instance of harm:
an injury to one's shoulder; an injury to one's pride.
- wrong or injustice done or suffered.
- Law. any wrong or violation of the rights, property, reputation, etc., of another for which legal action to recover damages may be made.
- Obsolete. injurious speech; calumny.
injury
/ ˈɪndʒərɪ /
noun
- physical damage or hurt
- a specific instance of this
a leg injury
- harm done to a reputation
- law a violation or infringement of another person's rights that causes him harm and is actionable at law
- an obsolete word for insult
Other Words From
- non·inju·ry noun plural noninjuries
- re·inju·ry noun plural reinjuries
- self-inju·ry noun plural selfinjuries
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of injury1
Idioms and Phrases
see add insult to injury .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It was like a constant assault, an almost stupefying catalogue of mindless racial insult and injury.
And thus I end up at the bottom of the stairs, about one month after my injury and two months after my wedding.
Insult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.
First he served 90 days in solitary for breaking the rule against self-injury.
A football player killed himself after saying he was ‘all f----- up’ from a head injury.
It was in the reading-room at the time of the fire, but fortunately escaped injury.
The law only gave you the right to proceed against him to recover money damages for the legal injury.
He is shining black, and as he tosses his head one can see the wicked horns, capable of doing such terrible injury.
When the sailors are employed in shifting the sails, great care must be taken to avoid injury by the falling of any of the ropes.
An automobilist must exercise reasonable or ordinary care to avoid injury to other persons using the highway.
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