: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the start of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, in late January, more than a hundred Palestinians have been killed and many more wounded.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
Officers responded to a hospital and spoke with the wounded person, who told them the shooting happened in the parking lot of Utah Park.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
No one was safe from enemy fire—not the wounded or the men who carried them, not the ambulance drivers and not the medics.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
As the men fled westbound on E. 163rd St., the wounded victim staggered across the street for help at a nearby bodega.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Since the start of the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, in late January, more than a hundred Palestinians have been killed and many more wounded.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2025
Officers responded to a hospital and spoke with the wounded person, who told them the shooting happened in the parking lot of Utah Park.
—Max Levy, The Denver Post, 17 Jan. 2025
No one was safe from enemy fire—not the wounded or the men who carried them, not the ambulance drivers and not the medics.
—Catherine Musemeche, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wounded. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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wounded
1 of 2 plural noun
wound·ed
ˈwün-dəd 
: persons that have been wounded
wounded
2 of 2 adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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