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unhurtun‧hurt /ʌnˈhɜːt $ -ɜːrt/ ●●○ adjective [not before noun] - Six day trippers escaped unhurt when their hot air balloon hit power lines.
- The driver of the car was unhurt, but his passenger was killed.
- The two youths, shaken but unhurt, declined to talk about the incident.
- The younger woman was suffering from shock but was otherwise unhurt.
- All three were wearing life vests and were unhurt.
- Cheek said one driver had lost control of his car and spun out, rolling down an embankment, but was unhurt.
- Everyone else appeared to be unhurt.
- Lincoln was unhurt, gazing at me with mild, friendly curiosity.
- Mr Ward, of Wigginton, York, was unhurt.
- They then went through his pockets, took the money and escaped with £27, leaving the boy shocked but otherwise unhurt.
- Two other climbers were unhurt and went back to the bottom of the Tuckerman bowl seeking help.
not hurt or injured► unhurt to not be hurt, even though you have been in a dangerous situation such as an accident: · The driver of the car was unhurt, but his passenger was killed.escape unhurt: · Six day trippers escaped unhurt when their hot air balloon hit power lines.otherwise unhurt (=apart from a condition that is not serious or physical): · The younger woman was suffering from shock but was otherwise unhurt.shaken/shocked but unhurt (=shocked, but not physically hurt): · The two youths, shaken but unhurt, declined to talk about the incident. ► unharmed to not be hurt or harmed, even though you have been in a dangerous situation: · The hostages were released unharmed some time afterwards.escape unharmed: · All fourteen people who were working inside the building when the blaze started escaped unharmed. ► without a scratch informal if you have a dangerous experience and escape from it without a scratch , you do not have any injury at all, because you have been very lucky: walk away/escape without a scratch: · All four people in the car were seriously hurt, but the truck driver walked away without a scratch. ► in one piece informal not seriously hurt in a war, accident etc: · Unlike Ed, Josh returned from the war in one piece.all in one piece: · I was extremely relieved when my son came back from the warzone all in one piece. ► walk away from to not get injured in a very dangerous situation you have been involved in, because you have been very lucky - used especially in news reports: · I can hardly believe they were able to just walk away from the crash -- I thought they'd all been killed. ► unscathed written not injured at all, even though you have had a dangerous experience: · The bullet grazed the side of his head, leaving him virtually unscathed.escape/emerge/come out of something unscathed: · Most of the passengers escaped from the plane unscathed. ► come to no harm/not come to any harm use this to say that someone will not be hurt if they do something, or was not hurt by doing something, going somewhere etc: · If you keep quiet, you'll come to no harm.· I'm sure Craig's old enough to catch a train into town without coming to any harm.· Fortunately, none of the hostages came to any serious harm. ► escaped unhurt The driver escaped unhurt from the accident. ► escape unharmed/unscathed/unhurt· Two policemen were killed, but the president escaped unharmed. nounhurthurtfulnessadjectivehurt ≠ unhurthurtfulverbhurtadverbhurtfully not hurt: The driver escaped unhurt from the accident. |