injure

[ˈɪndʒər]

Definition:
1. Cause injuries or bodily harm to.
2. Hurt the feelings of.
3. Cause damage or affect negatively.

Use 'injure' in a sentence:

1. Try not to injure the roots of trees and plants.
2. Parents should avoid criticizing children in public places for it might injure their pride.
3. The team suffered a major setback when their best player was injured.
4. The injured man was raced to the hospital.
5. Doctors and nurses tended the injured.
6. We have to understand that goodness must also be able to injure — to injure savagery.
7. Normally, your blood only forms clots if you injure yourself, to stop the bleeding.
8. People might also self-injure as a form of punishment.
9. The injured horse had to be destroyed.
10. Usury laws only makethings worse, and injure free and productive credit.
11. A head blow can injure or tear olfactory nerves.
12. What does it matter, so that it does not injure her happiness?
13. It is not lawful to kill or injure a pet animal.
14. Manipulation and retraction of the nerve roots which can injure or damage the nerves.
15. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
16. Several people were injured, but there were no fatalities.
17. Carter is playing in place of the injured O'Reilly.
18. These surges can injure or even kill astronauts and fry electronic circuits.
19. But when you use American weapons on your people, you injure us, too.
20. Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
21. 300 people were injured in the explosion.
22. You wouldn't injure me, Linton, would you?
23. At the same time you would be able to injure others, if I gave you the means of defending yourself.
24. Are some people hard-wired to self-injure?
25. The injured driver had to be cut from the wreckage.
26. A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously injure some animals.
27. You do not go out to injure opponents.
28. He was injured in the first game and unluckily missed the final.
29. You're either going to injure yourself, or get exhausted and give up.
30. They were injured by falling rocks.
31. Uncontrolled high blood pressure can injure or kill you.
32. He is injured and is doubtful for the game tomorrow.
33. Gordon: I am strong enough to seriously injure him, but that wouldn't solve anything.
34. This could seriously injure the company's reputation.
35. Flat screen TV's easily tip over and can injure a child.
36. When you use American weapons on your people, you injure us, too.
37. Take care when placing items, as when opened, they may fall out and injure other passengers.
38. The injured man tried to speak but soon drifted into unconsciousness.
39. Stewart was injured in a collision with another player.
40. Two passengers were injured when their taxi was rammed from behind by a bus.
41. He was injured early on and didn't last the match.
42. It is important that the injured leg should be elevated.
43. The injured man was vomiting blood.
44. A policeman was injured in the line of duty yesterday.
45. He isn't seriously injured but he is in shock.
46. Three people were injured in the crash.
47. Three people were killed and five injured in the crash.
48. The team has made some positional changes because two players are injured.
49. Of the six people injured in the crash, only two survived.
50. The injured woman staggered to her feet.
51. The injured were rushed to hospital in an ambulance.
52. The police are waiting to interview the injured man.
53. The injured man was lying on the ground, moaning.