injure

Definition

  • verb: to harm or damage (someone or something)
  • verb: to do an 'injustice' to
  • synonyms: wrong, abuse, sully

Examples

  • Several people were badly/seriously/critically 'injured' in the accident.

  • He believes that the tax will 'injure' [='hurt'] small businesses.

  • The scandal has 'injured' [='tarnished'] her reputation.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Because it is happy? - Can you tell me that? We go you tell it to me. I will tell you for that... Sit down before you injure. A thing in which you should notice is always in what passed in those episodes of Rosswell. When they made the revision of taxes it was known that (..)
    2007 Into the Wild