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wounding adjective [ ˈwuːndɪŋ ]

• causing physical injury.
• "crossbows and deadly wounding darts"

wound verb

• inflict a wound on.
• "the sergeant was seriously wounded"
Similar: injure, hurt, damage, harm, maim, mutilate, disable, incapacitate, scar, lacerate, cut, cut to ribbons, graze, scratch, gash, tear, tear apart, hack, rip, puncture, pierce, stab, slash, zap, plug, blast,
Opposite: heal,
Origin: Old English wund (noun), wundian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wond and German Wunde, of unknown ultimate origin.


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