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Type Words
Synonyms stabbing


wounding and false charges of disloyalty.
Type Words
Synonyms wound
Type of damage, harm, hurt, scathe
Derivation wound

Examples of wounding

wounding
Wounding is an assault unless performed with consent or for therapeutic reasons.
From the guardian.co.uk
He also was charged with shooting and wounding another man in the same incident.
From the thestate.com
Israeli soldiers intervened Wednesday and opened fire, wounding 12 Palestinians.
From the latimes.com
He then fired several shots, wounding three of the five others in the apartment.
From the kansas.com
Unknown Mollies were accused of wounding a man outside his saloon in Shenandoah.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It hasn't even suffered the wounding that can sometimes be inflicted by critics.
From the guardian.co.uk
Over 120 rockets are fired into southern Israel this weekend, wounding 5 people.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They may bolt and form a third party in 2012, fatally wounding the Republicans.
From the washingtontimes.com
Not that the broad economy is showing many signs of wounding, outside of housing.
From the forbes.com
More examples
  • An injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin)
  • Injure: cause injuries or bodily harm to
  • Put in a coil
  • A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
  • Hurt: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
  • A figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--that he will never get over it"--Robert Frost
  • In medicine, a wound is a type of injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
  • The things of which there can be sight, hearing, and learning ---- these are what I especially prize. ...
  • Lust for Blood is the eleventh original album by electro-industrial band Velvet Acid Christ. The album's promotional single is titled Wound, which was on the Deutche Alternative Chart for 8 weeks in 2006.