Injure

Verb1.injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to
hurt - 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 concussion
calk - injure with a calk
excruciate, 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 upon
maim - 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"
stub, abrade, skin, scrape - strike against an object; "She stubbed her one's toe in the dark and now it's broken"
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 vehicle
fracture, break - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
shoot, pip, hit - hit with a missile from a weapon
knife, 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 of 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 me ego"
affront, 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"
damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

 

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