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| sting |
to pierce, wound, or stick with a stinger. [2/5 definitions] |
| stinger |
the sharp, pointed part of certain animals and plants that sometimes carries a poison. The stinger is used to wound. [1/2 definitions] |
| tetanus |
a disease that affects the muscles of the neck and lower jaw and can cause death. Tetanus is caused by germs that enter the body through a wound. Another name for this disease is lockjaw. |
| trauma |
a wound or injury to the body. [1/2 definitions] |
| unwind |
to undo from a wound or twisted state; remove the twists from. [1/4 definitions] |
| winch |
a machine, run by motor or hand, that pulls or lifts objects by a rope or cable that is wound around a drum. |
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