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as in damaged
to cause bodily damage to
an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it
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as in insulted
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
that callous comment really wounded me
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Recent Examples of wounded
Robert Daniels, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Consider the scene in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 when the protagonist, Yossarian, goes to the rear of the plane to tend to the wounded gunner Snowden.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the seven wounded journalists were taken to another hospital.
—Pierre Luxama, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
On April 29, 2007, while pulling wounded Marines to safety in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, he was killed by an enemy sniper.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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Their loneliness is interrupted when Hester discovers a wounded man named Calhoun (Corin Nemec), a thief whose former gang, led by the bloodthirsty Bear John (Tom Hopper), is hot on his heels.
—Robert Daniels, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Consider the scene in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 when the protagonist, Yossarian, goes to the rear of the plane to tend to the wounded gunner Snowden.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, the seven wounded journalists were taken to another hospital.
—Pierre Luxama, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
On April 29, 2007, while pulling wounded Marines to safety in the Al Anbar province of Iraq, he was killed by an enemy sniper.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounded. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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