wounding 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of woundingnext
as in damaging

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wounding

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verb

present participle of wound
1
as in injuring
to cause bodily damage to an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it

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2
as in insulting
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. fatal
  4. injurious
  5. lethal
  6. destructive
  7. harmful
  8. hurtful
Adjective
  • Still, the storm is threatening to bring flooding rain, mudslides, damaging winds and dangerous surf and rip current conditions to Cuba, which is still reeling from the collapse of its electrical grid and Hurricane Oscar.
    Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
  • These new storms are capable of a few tornadoes, ping pong ball-sized hail, and 75 mph damaging winds.
    Chris Boyette, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • The strikes come after Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on Moscow since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion began in 2022, injuring one person and forcing three major airports to divert flights.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Ukraine launched its largest drone attack on the Russian capital city of Moscow since the full-scale war began in 2022, injuring one person and forcing three major airports to divert flights, as Russia fired an unprecedented 145 drones against Ukraine.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of injuring
Adjective
  • The Colorado Springs Police Department followed closely behind Denver each year with five shootings, three fatal and two nonfatal, in 2023 and four shootings, three fatal and one nonfatal, in 2024, according to Denver Post records.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The fatal capsizing is in the same area as Saturday’s capsizing, when a 21-foot boat with six people on board tipped over and sank.
    Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of fatal
Adjective
  • Under the countervailing duty law, similar relief is granted when imports are found to be injurious and specifically subsidized by foreign governments.
    Dan Ikenson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Synergy Marine Group has been involved in multiple deadly and injurious accidents over the past five years.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of injurious
Adjective
  • The arachnids have become the lethal poisonous animal in Brazil and has increased the demand for antivenom.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Snares, set to capture other animals for bushmeat, pose a lethal risk to saolas, who often fall victim to these traps accidentally. Cheap and easy to deploy, snares blanket the forests, endangering not just the saola but a wide range of species.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of lethal
Adjective
  • In California, a cold front could help with efforts to contain the destructive 20,630-acre Mountain Fire.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • As its impacts grow more visible and destructive, how is this possible? Views of Hurricane Milton’s damage across Florida.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of destructive
Adjective
  • Working out prior to menopause will reduce the risk of osteoporosis in your later years. And avoid harmful habits – smoking and heavy alcohol consumption can weaken bone density and increase the risk of fractures.
    Jianying Zhang, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Albanese cited the risks to the physical and mental health of children from excessive social media use, in particular the risks to girls from harmful depictions of body image and misogynist content aimed at boys.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of harmful
Adjective
  • However, even worse than saying nothing about taxes is a settlement agreement that is affirmatively hurtful about taxes.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Jurado has dismissed the controversy as a distraction, despite criticism from the police chief, some council members, the police union and family members of LAPD police officers, who say her words were hurtful to them and the department’s more than 10,000 employees.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of hurtful
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