injure

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 1.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

   The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

2. verb To damage or impair.
3. verb To do injustice to.

Similar words

hurt offend spite wound maim wounded damage harm impair upset

Often followed by

the or him his them a their any it me

Word family

injured injurer injurers injures injuries injuring injury