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- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
injures, injuring, injured |
| definition 1: |
When you injure something like your leg or your arm, you hurt it and cause something bad to happen to it. If you injure yourself, you do something that hurts your body and probably causes you pain.
Molly injured her knee while she was ice skating. She couldn't stand up for a week.
- synonyms:
- damage, hurt, wound
- antonyms:
- aid
- similar words:
- abuse, bruise, harm, strain, weaken
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| definition 2: |
If someone injures you, they do or say something that makes you feel bad or sad. Sometimes it can cause a lot of pain that lasts a long time.
Emma injured Haley when she said that she didn't want to be friends with her anymore.- synonyms:
- damage, harm, hurt, wound
- antonyms:
- aid
- similar words:
- abuse, afflict, bruise, offend, stain, sting
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| related words: |
burn, damage, jam, shatter |
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| derivation: |
injurer (n.) |
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