injure

Definition

Examples

Two workers were injured when a heavy box fell from the shelf.

Word Family

Synonyms

• woundan injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
• hurtany physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc
• damagethe occurrence of a change for the worse

Collocations

• Easy injure your hand
  to injure your hand, meaning to cause injuries or bodily harm to
• Medium worker injured during machine operation
  describing worker injured during machine operation (a person who works at a specific occupation)
• Hard injure corporate prospects through scandal
  to injure corporate prospects through scandal, meaning to cause injuries or bodily harm to
• Very Hard add insult to injury by public rebuke
  to add insult to injury by public rebuke, meaning to make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of