injurein‧jure /ˈɪndʒə $ -ər/ ●●● W3 AWL verb [transitive] 
Angus injured his leg playing rugby.be badly/seriously/critically injured Two people have been critically injured in an accident.► see thesaurus at hurt2injure somebody’s pride/feelings etc to say unfair or unpleasant things that hurt someone’s pride, feelings etcRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say hurt rather than injure:· He hurt his leg playing rugby.· He really hurt my feelings.
WORD ORIGINinjure
Origin:
1400-1500 injuryVERB TABLE
injure
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | injure |
| he, she, it | injures | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | injured |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have injured |
| he, she, it | has injured | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had injured |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will injure |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have injured |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am injuring |
| he, she, it | is injuring | |
| you, we, they | are injuring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was injuring |
| you, we, they | were injuring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been injuring |
| he, she, it | has been injuring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been injuring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be injuring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been injuring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Dad injured his back lifting some heavy boxes.
- Many elderly people injure themselves in their own homes, for example by slipping in the bath.
- Several shots were fired, critically injuring three women.
- The bomb killed eleven people and injured 55.
- Tom injured his shoulder playing tennis.
THESAURUSto injure yourself or someone else
to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body: · She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly.· Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting: · One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks.· Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
to deliberately hurt someone using a weapon such as a knife or gun: · The gunmen shot and killed twelve people and wounded three others.
[usually passive] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion: · In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it: · The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
to hurt a part of your body when you fall on it or hit it, causing a dark mark to appear on your skin: · Cathy fell off her bike and bruised her legs badly.
to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving: · I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much: · When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position: · Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
[usually passive] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body: · A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.
Longman Language Activatorhurt or injured in an accident, fight etc if someone is hurt or is injured , part of their body is damaged, especially in an accident or fight: · "Did you hear about that fire in the school?" "Yes, thank God no one was hurt."· Four people have been injured in a road accident on the Arizona highway.badly/seriously injured: · One man died, and another was seriously injured when a wall on a construction site collapsed.badly/seriously hurt: · Fortunately, the driver of the van was not badly hurt.slightly injured/hurt: · Six soldiers were slightly injured when a grenade exploded in a nearby truck.get hurt: · There were so many people at the match - it was lucky that no one got hurt.be fatally injured (=be injured so badly that someone dies): · The motorbike rider, Gregory Watts, was fatally injured in the crash.
to be injured in a war, a fight etc, by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: · The man, in his early 30s, was wounded in the stomach after two gunmen opened fire.be badly/seriously wounded: · During the first five months of the war, 10, 000 people died and over 12,000 were seriously wounded.be fatally wounded (=be wounded so badly that someone dies): · We heard that my brother had been fatally wounded in the battle, and died two days later.
to hurt a part of your body if you hurt a part of your body, you accidentally damage it so that it feels painful or you cannot move it easily: · Nick's hurt his back, and the doctor says he will have to rest for a few weeks.· I can't go running this week - I've hurt my foot.hurt yourself: · That's a sharp knife. Be careful you don't hurt yourself.
to hurt a part of your body, especially seriously and in a way that takes a long time to get better: · Tom injured his shoulder playing tennis.injure yourself: · Many elderly people injure themselves in their own homes, for example by slipping in the bath.
to hurt a part of your body when you fall or hit it against something, causing a dark, painful mark to form on your skin: · Mom fell on the ice and bruised the side of her leg.badly bruise: · Keller badly bruised a hip, and came off early in the second half of the match.· My skin bruises quite easily.
to hurt your knee, wrist, or another joint by twisting or pulling it suddenly and awkwardly: · I sprained my knee while I was playing basketball.· You'll need strong walking boots in the mountains, if you don't want to sprain an ankle.
to break a bone in your body: · It was such bad luck - it was our first time skiing and Nicola broke her leg.
to hurt your knee or another joint, by turning it too suddenly or strongly while you are moving: · I couldn't play, having twisted my knee in the previous night's game.· The doctor said that I'd wrenched my shoulder and shouldn't drive for a while.
: pull a muscle to injure a muscle by stretching it too much, especially during hard physical activity: · I pulled a muscle trying to move the piano into the apartment.· Crawford had been ordered to take a day's rest after pulling a leg muscle.
written to injure a part of your body fairly seriously, especially in a way that means it will take a long time to get better or will never get better: · Lewis damaged his knee in training and will not appear in the game.· When carrying out the operation, doctors have to take great care not to damage the delicate nerve endings.
to injure a joint by falling on it or stretching it so that the two parts of the joint are moved out of their normal position and stay out of position: · Sam dislocated his shoulder in a riding accident.
if part of your body is bleeding , blood is coming out of it because you have been injured: · His head was bleeding, and he'd obviously been in a fight.be bleeding from: · John saw that he was bleeding from some sort of wound on his chest.be bleeding heavily/profusely (=a lot of blood is coming out): · The cut on her leg had opened again and was bleeding heavily.
to hurt or injure someone to cause physical harm to someone and make them feel pain: · Let go of my arm! You're hurting me!· Dan was a good man. He'd never hurt anyone deliberately.hurt somebody with something: · Put the stick down, Terry. You might hurt someone with it.
to cause physical harm to someone, for example in an accident or fight: · The bomb killed eleven people and injured 55.badly/seriously/critically injure: · Several shots were fired, critically injuring three women.
to injure someone with a weapon such as a knife or gun, causing cuts, bleeding etc: · Two boys were on trial for wounding a sixteen-year-old girl with a revolver.wound somebody in the chest/knee etc: · The bullet wounded him in the shoulder.
formal to deliberately hurt a person or an animal: · Inflicting pain as a means of teaching children discipline is wrong.inflict pain on: · Most drugs can be produced quite successfully without inflicting pain on helpless animals.
to permanently injure someone to injure someone's legs or back so that they can never move or walk properly again: · The driver, who had been taking drugs, crippled the young woman for life.· Richard was crippled in the bombing of 1984, and had been in a wheelchair ever since.
to injure someone very seriously and permanently, especially in an accident or deliberate attack: · Surely terrorists cannot believe that killing and maiming ordinary people is an achievement?
damage to a part of the body · The glass roof collapsed onto the crowd, causing horrific injuries.· Our insurance provides cover in the case of illness or injury.leg/back etc injury · Unfortunately, she had to withdraw from the game because of a leg injury.serious injury · Wearing a helmet may protect you from serious injury.suffer an injury (=be injured) · He suffered serious injuries in the car crash, and died on the way to hospital.escape injury (=not be injured) · Ten passengers were lucky to escape injury when their train was derailed last night.injury to your leg/chest etc · Morrison had to undergo surgery on an injury to his left knee.
an injury caused by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: deep wound: · The wound was deep and needed eighteen stitches.bullet/stab/gunshot etc wound: · Barratt was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his chest and neck.wound to the leg/chest etc: · He died of a single gunshot wound to the left side of his head.
a dark, painful mark on your skin where you have fallen or been hit: · Jenny looked as though she'd been crying, and there was a nasty bruise on her cheek.be covered in cuts and bruises: · Jack often comes home from rugby covered in cuts and bruises.
an injury in which you hurt a joint by twisting or pulling it suddenly and awkwardly: · It's a slight sprain - you should rest it for a few days.ankle/shoulder/knee etc sprain: · Robinson is suffering from an ankle sprain, and can't train this week.
written an injury that will take a long time to get better or that may never get better: · Never look straight at the sun. Any damage to the retina could cause permanent blindness.· Rubella is a serious infection, which can cause severe physical damage to the unborn child.
someone who is injured hurt in an accident, fight etc: · Firefighters had to cut off the roof of the car, so that the injured man could be lifted out.the injured (=people who are injured): · The injured were rushed to St Thomas's Hospital.
injured, especially in a war, by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: · a wounded soldier· There are over 4000 refugees in the camp, many of them wounded.the wounded (=people who are wounded): · Helicopters have been sent in to rescue the wounded from the war zone.
also paralyzed American unable to move part or all of your body because of a serious injury or illness: · Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke, and could not move or speak.leave somebody paralysed: · The fall had left him permanently paralysed.be paralysed from the neck/chest/waist down: · Paralysed from the neck down, Bundini could only move his eyes.
someone who has been injured or killed in a war, attack, or accident: · The bomb caused serious damage to the building, but there were no casualties.suffer casualties: · Indian troops have suffered more than 1200 casualties.
not hurt or injured 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Two people have been critically injured in an accident.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion. The plane was reported missing.
Two people have been critically injured in an accident.· Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
· Eight people were killed in clashes between the army and police.
Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus. Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion.· Simon injured his foot while playing rugby.
The plane was reported missing.· He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
· An unnecessary operation left him severely disabled.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· He stepped on to the busy road and dragged badly injured Scott clear of the traffic.· Three years ago, the flocking process contributed to a fire at Malden Mills that badly injured several workers.· On one occasion William catapulted a lump of metal into a classroom full of pupils and a girl was quite badly injured.· It swerved off the road; killed three of the children; and badly injured Anne Maguire.· As a result of this Pyro and his daughter Nancy, who is standing beside him, are both badly injured.· Sefton was badly injured in the bomb blast in Hyde Park in nineteen eighty-two, but survived.· He worked at Anderson's factory and was badly injured when a kiln in which he was working collapsed.· The women were badly injured and two of them have been unable to return to work.
· The fourth man was critically injured.· There were at least 45 bodies and many more victims were critically injured, the officials said.· A businessman walking to his car was struck by lightning and critically injured as co-workers watched in awe.· Of the 15 people on board, three died and five were critically injured.· About 70 people were injured in Seattle, including two men critically injured from an assault and a fall from an overpass.
· He added that securing the posts had not been completed before Gary was fatally injured the following day.· As a result his friend Shean Kearney, 23, who was sitting in the front passenger seat was fatally injured.· Another was fatally injured by a stag when dispensing feed to his herd of deer.· Another suspected drug handler was fatally injured in a car bomb attack in Bilbao on Jan. 9.· A LOW-FLYING duck was fatally injured in Darlington yesterday despite the rescue efforts of shopworkers.
· The drivers of both vehicles were taken to Darlington Memorial Hospital for treatment but neither was seriously injured.· Young Richie was seriously injured while riding his bicycle to school Friday morning.· Voice over Richard Latkowsky from Witny was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash several years ago.· The following month a twenty-two-year-old black man was shot and seriously injured by a carload of white men.· Reportedly, several people were seriously injured.· He was seriously injured on a hunting trip last August when his vehicle flipped over several times.· The woman's husband, a 28-year-old economist, was the most seriously injured of the victims.· McGee made his decision despite the fact that no one has been seriously injured since the range opened 44 years ago.
· A car bomb exploded at a police station in Burgos on Aug. 17, severely injuring one person.· Ulcers also are more likely to occur when a child is ill or has been severely injured.· She was severely injured but made a full recovery.· Mr Parfitt was in constant pain after severely injuring his back in a laboratory accident 22 years ago.· You attacked, knocked out and severely injured your victim.· At the receiving end of the violent punch Armand Proietti was severely injured and required surgery.· A spokesman for Darlington police said both women had been fortunate not to have been more severely injured in the crash.· We have notes on two hunter's wives severely injured by plummeting pheasants.
· Fellow guard Andy MacKenzie, 35, was slightly injured.· Accident: Two people were slightly injured in a collision between two vehicles on the A66 west of Bowes at 9.30 yesterday.· A policeman was slightly injured when he was struck by falling stones in the Umbrian town of Sellano.· Only four of the 77 passengers were slightly injured while escaping from the emergency exits but the aircraft was badly damaged.· They were treated for shock, but were said to be only slightly injured.· A 23-year-old supermarket employee was slightly injured when he was hit with a heavy instrument just after noon yesterday.· The friend was injured slightly and was released from the hospital the next day.
· Hundreds more were injured when police attacked the demonstration and Clarence Baker spent weeks close to death.· George was injured when Panthers defensive end Renaldo Turnbull hit him with 5: 06 remaining in the game.· In the western town of Nantes 11 people were injured when protests escalated into violence.· Mrs Davison was injured when she jumped from a bedroom window and still has to use a crutch.· A policeman was slightly injured when he was struck by falling stones in the Umbrian town of Sellano.· The following month 14 fans were injured when Feyenoord fans threw fragmentation bombs at Ajax supporters at a game in Amsterdam.· Vargas was operating equipment nearby and was injured when the slab rolled off the boom and struck him.
NOUN· No one was injured in the accident on the A684 at Scruton crossroads.· More children are killed or seriously injured by vehicle accidents and being unrestrained than any other childhood accident that can be prevented.· Time allowed 00:22 Read in studio Four people have been injured in an accident in thick fog.· Schumacher was not injured in the accident and climbed out of the cockpit unassisted.· In 1990, 13 people were killed and 922 injured in 739 road accidents.· The plaintiff's husband was injured in an accident at work.· The aunt, possibly, of a girl who had been injured in the accident.· The two-year-old tabby was horrifically injured in a road accident.
· However, Sapolu injured an ankle in the game and on Thursday his status was downgraded from questionable to doubtful.· Clare Wood has found herself restricted to doubles this week after injuring her right ankle in a basketball accident 10 days ago.· In the second game against Atlanta, he injured his left ankle and was inactive the rest of the season.
· Amanda West, 30, was injured in the attack at her home in Manchester.· Nobody was injured in the attack.· Almost 200 people were injured in the attacks.· On Aug. 28 two of the group were injured after an attack in Mogadishu in which three local guards were apparently killed.· One person died and 26 were injured in the attacks.· Twenty-seven people including a pregnant shop assistant were injured in the Belfast attack.· Chief Petty Officer John Strange was badly injured during a missile attack.
· Small breeds like Dachshunds are liable to injure their backs, sometimes seriously, as a result.· Recently, he injured his back in a collision with Keith Primeau but only missed one game.· The highest award was £307,781 to a computer expert who injured his back helping a store detective stop a suspected shoplifter.· Anthony Tucker has an injured back.· Coffin himself had injured his back helping the girl and boy out of the water.· Then I had an accident injuring my back.· Mr Parfitt was in constant pain after severely injuring his back in a laboratory accident 22 years ago.· Shastri injured ligaments in the back of his knee while driving to make his ground: he missed the last two Tests.
· Besides the three deaths, 23 people were injured in the blasts, including 12 aboard an airplane in 1979.· Other settlements were reached with some of the 21 injured in the blast.· Mrs Vickers's husband Paul, 37, and four-year-old daughter Hannah were injured in the blast.· No one was injured in the blast which wrecked one car and damaged several others at Wood Park station.· Scores more were seriously injured as the blast scattered human remains across stalls in one of Bosnia's worst atrocities.· Suspected rebels last week planted a bomb outside the prime minister's home, although no one was injured in the blast.· No one else was injured in the blast.
· At least two people were injured by the letter bombs.· Three people were reported killed and three injured in bomb explosions in the capital Santo Domingo on Sept. 23.· Another suspected drug handler was fatally injured in a car bomb attack in Bilbao on Jan. 9.· At least 10 people were killed and 150 injured in bomb attacks last month.
· Car crash: Three people were injured in a car crash at a North York Moors beauty spot.· Last October he was injured in a suspicious car crash in which four of his associates died.· Motorist hurt: A driver was injured when his car was in collision with a lorry near Northallerton.· Another suspected drug handler was fatally injured in a car bomb attack in Bilbao on Jan. 9.· Nothing much has gone right for me since January when I was injured in a car crash.· Coun. Mrs Toward said her son had also waited an hour for an ambulance after being injured in a car crash.· Read in studio A man has died and three other people were injured in a ten car pileup on the M-forty motorway.· Sunderland are shite at the moment but that s because all four of their new signings were injured in a car crash.
· A further 13 child cyclists were injured.· The three most seriously injured children were still in critical condition.· One night Hyde injured a child in the street and a passer-by saw him.· The gang became widely known after a shootout that injured six children at a community pool four years ago.· A speeding car hit and injured our child.
· Voice over Richard Latkowsky from Witny was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash several years ago.· Car crash: Three people were injured in a car crash at a North York Moors beauty spot.· His girlfriend, Susan Wormsley, who was seriously injured in the crash is still in hospital.· Nine died and 11 were injured in that crash, when a train hit a van on a level crossing.· Voice over Shaun Gooch, who was injured in the crash, was arrested on the day of his release from hospital.· Read in studio A pregnant woman and her three-year-old son have been injured in a head-on crash involving a stolen car.· Three people died and 10 were injured in a four-vehicle crash at Stonham, near Ipswich, Suffolk, yesterday.· Voice over Three people who were in the car at the time were injured in the crash, one of them seriously.
· Three people were reported killed and three injured in bomb explosions in the capital Santo Domingo on Sept. 23.· Twenty-one people were killed and 167 injured in the explosions at two Birmingham city centre pubs in 1974.· Fourteen people injured in the explosions were still being treated at Warrington general hospital yesterday.· Two Commercial Union building maintenance men and one security guard were injured in the explosion.
· No-one was injured in the incident at the bar and restaurant in Regent Street.· Neither man was injured during the incident.· Five sailors were injured in the incident.· The front room was severely damaged and no one was injured in the incident.· No one was injured in the incident.
· Superman never would have injured his knee in the first place.· He picked up 73 yards on 14 rushes before injuring a knee while playing defense in the third quarter.· Sharpe had injured a knee in a game a few weeks earlier.
· Four people were injured, including a man whose legs were blown off.· The injured man, who worked for the London Underground station opposite the centre, suffered cuts to his face.· There were two explosions involving an oxygen cylinder, injuring both men.
· One patrol car crashed during the pursuit, injuring two officers, but the police say it's incredible no one was killed.
· Identical circuitry was used in the 1982 Hyde Park bomb which killed eight people and injured fifty-three others.· The 1-page standard would require employers to provide special training to injured workers and others handling the same duties.· Employees are themselves under a duty to take reasonable care not to injure others in the course of their work.· A natural gas explosion that killed three and injured more than 20 others in 1992 has made the community particularly wary.· On Feb. 2, National Guardsmen forcibly dispersed a meeting, killing two people and injuring several others.· It killed a receptionist and injured 19 others.· Bombs exploded in Amritsar and Patiala on June 4, killing eight people and injuring 35 others.· The blast killed 168 people and injured 600 others.
· Hundreds of people have been injured, many seriously.· The blast killed 168 people and injured more than 500.· Dozens of people were injured and at least 13 were in critical condition last night.· More than 600 people were injured and 300 surrounding buildings were damaged by the force of the explosion.· Reportedly, several people were seriously injured.· At least 200 people were injured.· In the western town of Nantes 11 people were injured when protests escalated into violence.· Three people were injured, according to witnesses.
· A bomb which exploded in Istanbul's chamber of commerce building on Feb. 20 killed one person and injured 16.· Reports of persons being injured or killed by meteorites are uncommon.· Unless a person is injured, there is no tort of negligence.· Fifty persons had been injured and a newspaperman and a white bystander killed.· If a person was injured by broken glass left there, the relevant occupier would be the local authority.· Sometimes these disputes are between private individuals when neighbours disagree or one person is injured by another in an accident.· He saw her as a person injured by life, as he was injured.· But the answer may differ according as the person injured was C or some other user of the highway.
· An overwhelming desire to injure the plaintiff rather than to inform the public would have to be proved.· The plaintiff fell through a roof and was injured.· A stone fell and injured the plaintiff and he sued his employers for negligence.
· Many of the players to whom we spoke described in some detail their own experiences of playing when injured.· Except for Brown and Young, all of the other injured players are considered probable for the Saints game.
· Hundreds more were injured when police attacked the demonstration and Clarence Baker spent weeks close to death.· Some 592 people had been injured in the police attack on student demonstrators, which precipitated the November revolution.· Police say it's amazing no one was killed or injured.· At least 16 students were injured after mounted police cleared Westminster Bridge, the report says.
· It is understood that no one has been injured as a result of the nurse's alleged actions.· Two others died and 23 were injured as a result of Unabomber mailings.· He later claimed he had been injured as a result of a Tyson headbutt.
· In 1990, 13 people were killed and 922 injured in 739 road accidents.· The two-year-old tabby was horrifically injured in a road accident.· Over 70,000 people are killed or seriously injured every year in road accidents alone.
· The injured soldier eventually loses the sight of his eye.· Janko Janjic, 43, detonated a hand grenade that killed him and injured the soldiers.· Two thousand sick and injured soldiers were laid like paving stones in four miles of corridors.
· He injures another student, yells at a couple hiding under the tables to get out.· Can teachers be held liable if a student injures another student or a teacher?· Unless the injured student was very young, this would usually prevent him or her from recovering damages against a negligent teacher.
VERB· Two people died and 542 were injured in the London terminus accident.· Red Cross workers said 297 people died and 160 were injured.· Nine died and 11 were injured in that crash, when a train hit a van on a level crossing.· Two others died and 23 were injured as a result of Unabomber mailings.· This provoked disorders in which one person died and sixty were injured.· Three people died and 10 were injured in a four-vehicle crash at Stonham, near Ipswich, Suffolk, yesterday.· Another soldier died and 11 were injured in Newry in a similar and simultaneous attack.· Voting was accompanied by widespread electoral violence, in which at least 80 people died and hundreds were injured.
· A bomb which exploded in Istanbul's chamber of commerce building on Feb. 20 killed one person and injured 16.· Any treatment strong enough to kill Argulus will usually injure the host.· The government accused Escobar of masterminding a double car bombing in Bogota on Monday which killed four people and injured dozens more.· One officer was killed, one was wounded, and several blacks were killed and injured.· On Feb. 2, National Guardsmen forcibly dispersed a meeting, killing two people and injuring several others.· A natural gas explosion that killed three and injured more than 20 others in 1992 has made the community particularly wary.· Since 1990, 25 people have been killed and 350 others injured on this four-lane, five-mile patch of pavement.
· To what extent are club doctors subject to pressure to agree to players playing while injured?· He tried to play with an injured shoulder last year before he was forced into surgery.· She wandered into the waste ground to play and was injured by rusty metal.· Many of the players to whom we spoke described in some detail their own experiences of playing when injured.
· Minor bombing incidents in Buenos Aires and Santiago caused little structural damage and nobody was reported to have been injured.· No one was reported injured, authorities said.· Twenty-four people were reported to have been injured.· About 250 people were reported injured, at least three of them in serious condition.· More than 30 people were reported killed and hundreds injured in Kabul on Aug. 13 following rocket attacks by mujaheddin forces.· Some 105 civilians and police officers were reported to have been injured in the disturbances.· Three people were reported killed and three injured in bomb explosions in the capital Santo Domingo on Sept. 23.· Five police officers and 10 civilians were reported to have been injured following gunfire and stone throwing outside the Transport Ministry.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- A businessman walking to his car was struck by lightning and critically injured as co-workers watched in awe.
- He was taken to hospital critically ill with severe head injuries - leaving girlfriend Donna Lorenz, 23, speechless.
- If the infant is critically ill, we talk with them at least twice a day.
- In April 1946, Moritz was critically ill.
- Last night Suzanne was critically ill in intensive care at Withington Hospital.
- The abilities of staff and availability of facilities to care for critically ill patients vary in all areas of health care.
WORD FAMILYnouninjurythe injuredadjectiveinjured ≠ uninjuredinjuriousverbinjure
1to hurt yourself or someone else, for example in an accident or an attack: Angus injured his leg playing rugby.be badly/seriously/critically injured Two people have been critically injured in an accident.► see thesaurus at hurt2injure somebody’s pride/feelings etc to say unfair or unpleasant things that hurt someone’s pride, feelings etcRegisterIn everyday English, people usually say hurt rather than injure:· He hurt his leg playing rugby.· He really hurt my feelings.