injures
verb
Pronunciation: ˈɪn.dʒərz
Definition
Causes physical harm or damage to a living body.
Examples
The falling debris injures several people standing near the construction site.
A sharp rock injures the hiker's ankle, forcing her to limp back to the trail head.
The athlete injures his knee during the final minutes of the championship game.
How to Use injures
- injures someone (collocation)
- to cause harm to a person — "The accident injures the driver."
- be injured in (prepositional phrase)
- to suffer harm during a specific event — "He was injured in a car crash."
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