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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Origin: | injury |
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in‧jure
[transitive]
[transitive]1 to hurt yourself or someone else, for example in an accident or an attack [↪ wound]: Angus injured his leg playing rugby.
Angus injured his leg playing rugby.2 to say unfair or unpleasant things that hurt someone's pride, feelings etc ! injure, wound, hurt, or damage ➔ see usage note damage2
injure somebody's pride/feelings etc
WORD CHOICE: WORD CHOICE:
damage, hurt, injure, woundDamage means to cause physical harm to a thing or to a part of your body • Fires can damage crops and animals. • He damaged a knee ligament playing rugby.You do not usually talk about damaging a person. Use hurt, injure, or wound instead • He was hurt in a climbing accident (NOT He was damaged in a climbing accident). However, you can talk about damaging an unborn child • German measles in pregnancy can damage your baby.Use hurt or injure to talk about people suffering physical harm as a result of an accident, earthquake, hurricane etc • No one was hurt in the car crash. • We hoped he wasn't seriously injured.!! Do not say 'injure someone's health'. Say ' damage someone's health '.Use wound to talk about someone being hurt by a weapon such as a gun or a knife • He shot dead three people and wounded several others. • a wounded soldier ➔ See also damage
WORD CHOICE: damage, hurt, injure, woundDamage means to cause physical harm to a thing or to a part of your body • Fires can damage crops and animals. • He damaged a knee ligament playing rugby.You do not usually talk about damaging a person. Use hurt, injure, or wound instead • He was hurt in a climbing accident (NOT He was damaged in a climbing accident). However, you can talk about damaging an unborn child • German measles in pregnancy can damage your baby.Use hurt or injure to talk about people suffering physical harm as a result of an accident, earthquake, hurricane etc • No one was hurt in the car crash. • We hoped he wasn't seriously injured.!! Do not say 'injure someone's health'. Say ' damage someone's health '.Use wound to talk about someone being hurt by a weapon such as a gun or a knife • He shot dead three people and wounded several others. • a wounded soldier ➔ See also damage
