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as in damaged
to cause bodily damage to
an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it
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as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
that callous comment really wounded me
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Recent Examples of wounded
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
One fighter is seen firing a rifle at a wounded man as others step over bodies.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Michael Waters, New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2026
Fifteen people were shot and wounded.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
For Sofia Coppola’s remake of the 1971 Don Siegel drama, Farrell took on a role originally played by Clint Eastwood, as the wounded Union soldier who is sheltered and nursed by a group of young women in a seminary in Confederate Virginia.
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Lowell plunders an emerald out of a wrecked ship, starts a fistfight with a local ruler, nearly dies when a boa constrictor wraps itself around her neck, and is wounded by an alligator.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounded
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But the Thunder, as small as can be without injured centers Isaiah Hartenstein, Jaylin Williams and Holmgren, pieced together a valiant comeback behind the efforts of eight-year veteran forward Kenrich Williams.—
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Upon arrival, officers found the injured man and woman, and the officers applied a tourniquet and recruited help from emergency medical personnel, per the release from PPB.—
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The 13 apartments were damaged by fire, smoke or water.—
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But overloading the dishwasher can result in dirty dishes that need to be put through a second cycle to get clean, and dishes that are crammed in may become damaged.—
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Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.—
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But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.—
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Landry has been hampered by a hurt knee since mid-October.—
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Pro Bowl left tackle Garett Bolles played on a hurt ankle himself for the entirety of the second half.—
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But Kelce wasn't offended, The Good Wife alum recalled.—
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Kelce, however, wasn’t offended, the Best Medicine star shared.—
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Good, the 37-year-old mother fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, has mobilized people who haven't typically been politically involved but are outraged by the shooting, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg said in an interview.—
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Black Lives Matter leaders, who hosted the Sunday night vigil, are outraged by what happened.—
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounded. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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