Injury meaning in English

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Definition

an injury: physical harm or damage noun
to injure: to harm, to damage, to hurt verb
I injured myself: I cut myself with a knife.

UK: 400 police officers were injured during the football match.
US: Oooh, that looks like a bad injury.

Examples

  • "Icarus's Mom : Ah, oh... I'm not sure about that, Icarus, my injury isn't that bad."
  • "Both trains derailed, but fortunately nobody was seriously injured."
  • "Bruno : Brian, are you offering to physically injure a union representative in our parking lot?"
  • "A personal injury lawyer, specializing in your type of accident, will handle your claim ."
  • "On the bright side, Icarus and I both escaped serious injury, although Icarus did break his clavicle in several places, and I did suffer a fractured pelvis."
  • "In the announcement Susie told us about, it was reported that there were no serious injuries."
  • "I think that my new mountain bear rehabilitation clinic will give sick and injured bears a chance for better health."
  • "But tell me, how did Horatio injure himself?"
  • "Definition: a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another."
  • "I made two mistakes that day: not putting on my seatbelt (and suffering horrific nasal injuries as a result) and not renewing my auto insurance."
  • "Horatio sustained a serious head injury."
  • "My elderly mother slipped in a puddle of apple juice in the local supermarket yesterday and has injured her hip."
  • "No human casualties were reported, although it is believed that the goose was unable to survive its devastating injuries."
  • "He always believed that there was no injury, no illness too serious that it couldn't be treated by a tall glass of "Seamus Dog" Whiskey and a bowl of boiled cabbage."
  • "A rare Siberian tiger named "Shoshana" escaped from her pen at the San Francisco zoo yesterday night and attacked a crowd of seven teenagers who had been insulting her, seriously injuring all seven of them. An eighth person, a six year old boy named Timothy Aldridge, was licked by the tiger, and later said the tiger's tongue felt "like sandpaper" and that her breath smelled like "muffins"."
  • "Covers injuries that you cause to someone else."
  • "Several injuries have already been reported, along with at least one fatality, maybe more."
  • "Bruno suffered a head injury, and he immediately fell into a coma."

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