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wound3 [transitive]
1SC to injure someone with a knife, gun etc : 
Gunmen killed two people and wounded six others in an attack today.
Gunmen killed two people and wounded six others in an attack today. be badly/seriously/critically etc wounded Five people were killed and many others were seriously wounded in the attack.
Five people were killed and many others were seriously wounded in the attack. be mortally/fatally wounded (=be wounded so badly that you die)
➔ see usage note damage22 to make someone feel unhappy or upset : He made some very wounding remarks.
He made some very wounding remarks.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
