the wounded

noun

: people who have been wounded
They carried the wounded off the battlefield.

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Along these lines, an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal from a few months ago, and that was written by a doctor who had treated Ukrainians, indicated that the wounded in Ukraine are suffering in hideously awful new ways that the weapons of old weren’t capable of. John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 At least one of the wounded was driven to the hospital in a private vehicle, police said. Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Dec. 2024 At a nearby hospital, videos depicted a crowd assisting the wounded. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024 Among the wounded are three DPRK servicemen (two men with serious injuries and one female medic with minor injuries). Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the wounded 

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