injure
To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
Example
“The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.”
Other meanings
To damage or impair.
To do injustice to.
Related words
- injurable
- injurer
- reinjure
- self-injure
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "iniūria" (injustice; wrong; offense).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “injure” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.