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Definition of Injure

1. Verb. Cause injuries or bodily harm to.

2. Verb. Hurt the feelings of. "Sam cannot injure Sue "; "This remark really bruised my ego"

3. Verb. Cause damage or affect negatively. "Our business was hurt by the new competition"

Definition of Injure

1. v. t. To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind.

Definition of Injure

1. Verb. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To damage or impair. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To do injustice to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Injure

1. to do or cause injury to [v -JURED, -JURING, -JURES]

Medical Definition of Injure

1. To wound, hurt, or harm. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Injure

injudicious injudiciously injudiciousness injun injunct injuncted injuncting injunction injunctional injunctions

injunctive injunctives injuncts injuns injurable injure (current term) injured injured party injurer injurers

injures injuria injuria sine damno injuries injuring injurious injuriously injuriousness injuriousnesses injury

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