harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.

raw wound - a wound that exposes subcutaneous tissue

stigmata - marks resembling the wounds on the crucified body of Christ

abrasion, excoriation, scratch, scrape - an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off

gash, slash, cut, slice - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"

laceration - a torn ragged wound

bite - a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person

blighty wound - a wound that would cause an English soldier to be sent home from service abroad

flesh wound - a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones

personnel casualty, loss - military personnel lost by death or capture

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

distress, hurt, suffering - psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him great distress"

scathe, damage, harm, hurt - the act of damaging something or someone

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"

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"

coiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"