injure
verb
in·jure ˈin-jər 
injured; injuring ˈin-j(ə-)riŋ
transitive verb
1
a
: to inflict bodily hurt on
b
: to impair the soundness of
injured her health
c
: to inflict material damage or loss on
2
a
: to harm, impair, or tarnish the standing of
injured his reputation
b
: to give pain to
injure a person's pride
c
: to do an injustice to : wrong
injurer
ˈin-jər-ər
noun 
Synonyms
- damage
- harm
- hurt
- wound
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
She fell and injured herself. She fell and slightly injured her arm. Several people were badly injured in the accident.
Recent Examples on the Web Harassment includes any act of pursuit, torment or annoyance that can injure or disrupt the feeding behavior of the animal. 
From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022 Creating new criminal penalties for failing to safely secure a firearm that is used to injure or kill someone. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2022 Even at 10 mph, riders can seriously injure themselves or others by crashing into people, curbs, trees, and other obstacles. Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2022 Waterfalls are seductive, but every year in North Carolina people either injure or kill themselves slipping on wet rocks. Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 19 May 2022 Worldwide, approximately 17% of youths ages 12-18 intentionally injure themselves each year. Kevin King, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2022 For example, in Las Vegas in 2017, a single gunman was able to kill 58 people and injure more than 850 others after firing for just 10 minutes. Jennifer Tucker, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021 More broadly, Kempczinski knew his decision could strengthen or injure McDonald’s brand and reputation. Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 27 July 2022 This is a fact—an ongoing slow-motion emergency—that has already upended the lives of millions of people and could soon injure or displace hundreds of millions more, most of whom are powerless to do much about it. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022 See More
From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 27 July 2022 Creating new criminal penalties for failing to safely secure a firearm that is used to injure or kill someone. Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2022 Even at 10 mph, riders can seriously injure themselves or others by crashing into people, curbs, trees, and other obstacles. Chris Meehan, Popular Mechanics, 25 July 2022 Waterfalls are seductive, but every year in North Carolina people either injure or kill themselves slipping on wet rocks. Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 19 May 2022 Worldwide, approximately 17% of youths ages 12-18 intentionally injure themselves each year. Kevin King, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2022 For example, in Las Vegas in 2017, a single gunman was able to kill 58 people and injure more than 850 others after firing for just 10 minutes. Jennifer Tucker, CNN, 20 Oct. 2021 More broadly, Kempczinski knew his decision could strengthen or injure McDonald’s brand and reputation. Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 27 July 2022 This is a fact—an ongoing slow-motion emergency—that has already upended the lives of millions of people and could soon injure or displace hundreds of millions more, most of whom are powerless to do much about it. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English enjuren, from Anglo-French *enjurer, from Late Latin injuriare, from Latin injuria injury
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2c
Kids Definition
injure
verb
in·jure ˈin-jər
injured; injuring
: to cause pain or harm to
Two people were injured in the accident.
The criticism injured my pride.
Medical Definition
injure
transitive verb
in·jure ˈin-jər
injured; injuring ˈinj-(ə-)riŋ
1
: to inflict bodily hurt on
2
: to impair the soundness of
injure your health
Legal Definition
injure 1 of 2
transitive verb
in·jure
injured; injuring
1
: to interfere with or violate the legally protected interests of: as
a
: to harm the physical, emotional, or mental well-being of
b
: to cause (another) to suffer from damage to, deprivation of, or interference with property or a property interest
c
: to violate the constitutionally or otherwise legally protected rights of
2
: to mar or impair the soundness or appearance of (as a building) : deface
in jure
2 of 2adverb
in ju·re
in-ˈju̇r-ē, -ˈyü-rā
: in right, law, or justice
injuring
verb
1
as in damaging
to cause bodily damage to injured himself while skiing Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- damaging
- wounding
- hurting
- harming
- bruising
- torturing
- tearing
- maiming
- mutilating
- scarring
- goring
- lacerating
- battering
- tormenting
- scalding
- bloodying
- grazing
- impairing
- nicking
- gashing
- blowing out
- crippling
- laming
- straining
- mangling
- abusing
- afflicting
- cutting
- creasing
- maltreating
- scathing
- hamstringing
- marring
- contusing
- scraping
- spoiling
- laying up
- aggrieving
- blemishing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fixing
- healing
- curing
- remedying
- mending
2
as in marring
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come Synonyms & Similar Words
- damaging
- marring
- hurting
- harming
- crippling
- weakening
- compromising
- impairing
- destroying
- breaking
- spoiling
- eroding
- wounding
- bloodying
- disfiguring
- defacing
- undermining
- ruining
- vitiating
- shattering
- blemishing
- crabbing
- battering
- wrecking
- demolishing
- flawing
- deteriorating
- torturing
- denting
- maiming
- mutilating
- endamaging
- smashing
- blighting
- crossing (up)
- tarnishing
- crushing
- enervating
- disabling
- enfeebling
- scouring
- tormenting
- dinging
- annihilating
- lacerating
- pulverizing
- botching
- washing out
- devastating
- decimating
- hamstringing
- laming
- wasting
- razing
- totaling
- mangling
- clobbering
- bashing
- queering
- wiping out
- scourging
- dashing
- dinting
- wearing (away)
- tearing down
- desolating
- doing in
- totalling
- gumming (up)
- banging up
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- repairing
- reconstructing
- fixing
- rebuilding
- rehabilitating
- helping
- renovating
- patching
- mending
- healing
- reconditioning
- curing
- revamping
- remedying
- rectifying
- improving
- enhancing
- revising
- doctoring
- remodeling
- enriching
- editing
- perfecting
- ameliorating
- refining
- bettering
- meliorating