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INJURY
injury
(noun) wrongdoing that violates another’s rights and is unjustly inflicted
injury
(noun) an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
injury, accidental injury
(noun) an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
wound, injury, combat injury
(noun) a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
injury, hurt, harm, trauma
(noun) any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
injury (countable and uncountable, plural injuries)
Damage to the body of a human or animal.
The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
(archaic) Injustice.
Synonyms
• See also injury
Verb
injury (third-person singular simple present injuries, present participle injurying, simple past and past participle injuried)
(obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
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Anagrams
• Ryūjin
Source: Wiktionary
In"ju*ry, n.; pl. Injuries. Etym: [OE. injurie, L. injuria, fr. injurius injurious, wrongful, unjust; pref. in- not + jus,juris, right,law,justice: cf. F. injure. See Just, a.]
Definition: Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. For he that doeth injury shall receve that he did evil. Wyclif(Col. iii. 25). Many times we do injury to a cause by dwelling on trifling arguments. I. Watts. Riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury and outrage. Milton.
Note: Injury in morals and jurisprudence is the intentional doing of wrong. Fleming.
Syn.
– Harm; hurt; damage; loss; impairment; detriment; wrong; evil; injustice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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