1
as in damages
to cause bodily damage to
an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it
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2
as in insults
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
that callous comment really wounded me
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Recent Examples of wounds
Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
What once killed campaigns now barely wounds them.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Set against Mumbai’s relentless pulse, their delicate connection faces tests as personal histories, desires, and wounds resurface.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
No policy wounds Tibetan dignity more profoundly than attempts to co-opt its spiritual and institutional heart.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Wonder is what wounds us, enters us.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
Police said the 62-year-old man received numerous stab wounds to the head and hands, as well as a stab wound to the lower abdomen.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
Chops, gouges, wounds it like the shadow grooves on the sidewalks—the sun is setting earlier.
—Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
Imperfect fleshly reality occupies the stage, the region where bones crack and wounds suppurate, schlumpy humans fall for each other, and jealousy roams murderously free.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026
What once killed campaigns now barely wounds them.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Set against Mumbai’s relentless pulse, their delicate connection faces tests as personal histories, desires, and wounds resurface.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
No policy wounds Tibetan dignity more profoundly than attempts to co-opt its spiritual and institutional heart.
—Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025
Wonder is what wounds us, enters us.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounds
Noun
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The company has received 5,952 reports involving DC-DC converter replacements, but these have resulted in no accidents or injuries.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2026
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The victim, who has not been identified, suffered severe crushing injuries to his lower limbs after becoming trapped in a lifting system, local fire authorities told Reuters, citing eyewitness accounts.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Mercury damages the nervous system.—
Anton L. Delgado,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Antisemitism weakens trust, corrodes pluralism and damages the social fabric on which diverse communities depend.—
Laurence Milstein,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Saariaho never once loses control of momentum and never insults her own tastefulness.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
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As the President insults allies, woos dictators, and spurns long-standing commitments, Rubio has to convince his counterparts that America will not entirely abandon its friends.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Garments spanning nylon half-zips to French Terry sweatshirts, garments look faded and worn-in and feature hallmarks of denim like whiskers, creases, abrasions and breakages that tell stories of time and use.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Additional skin abrasions are noted, though the medical examiner could not determine the causes because of the severe decomposition of the body.—
Andi Babineau,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This storyline later appeared in the second season of Girls, as Dunham’s character Hannah is overwhelmed with the anxiety of writing a novel and similarly injures herself.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Obviously the blandness of a tan wall offends them.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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This baffles and outrages Angela, a protective mom who, with other parents, pushes back against Gabor using her math classroom as a forum for introducing the outside world’s worst actions.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
7 Apr. 2026
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The content outrages some people and delights others; publishing more of it advances the meta discourse that’s been layered on top of the actual news, drawing attention from the unfolding conflict itself.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Yes, DiVincenzo’s absence hurts Minnesota’s prospects of making a deep playoff push.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
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Inflation hurts on so many levels.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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