injure

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EtymologyEdit

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

PronunciationEdit

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dʒə/
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Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

VerbEdit

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

I injured my ankle playing tennis.
(transitive) To damage or impair.
(transitive) To do injustice to.

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to wound or cause physical harm

Arabic: جَرَحَ‎ (ar) (jaraḥa)
Azerbaijani: yaralamaq (az), xəsarət gətirmək
Belarusian: ра́ніць impf or pf (ránicʹ), пара́ніць pf (paránicʹ)
Bikol Central: uragan
Bulgarian: раня́вам (bg) impf (ranjávam), раня́ pf (ranjá)
Catalan: ferir (ca)
Cherokee: ᎠᏐᏅᏍᎦ (asonvsga)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 傷害／伤害 (zh) (shānghài), 損傷／损伤 (zh) (sǔnshāng)
Czech: zraňovat impf, ranit pf, zranit (cs) pf, poranit pf
Danish: såre
Dutch: kwetsen (nl), blesseren (nl)
Esperanto: vundi
Finnish: vahingoittaa (fi), haavoittaa (fi)
French: blesser (fr)
Old French: blechier
Friulian: ferî
Galician: ferir (gl), mancar (gl)
German: verletzen (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan)
Greek:
Ancient: τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō), τραυματίζω (traumatízō), βλάπτω (bláptō)
Haitian Creole: blese
Hungarian: megsebesít (hu), megsebez (hu)
Icelandic: slasa (is), særa
Irish: déan díobháil, díobháil, leon (ga), gortaigh
Italian: ferire (it)
Japanese: 痛める (ja) (いためる, itameru), 傷付ける (きずつける, kizutsukeru)
Korean: 해치다 (ko) (haechida)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: birîndar kirin (ku)
Latin: noceo (la)
Macedonian: ранува impf (ranuva), рани pf (rani)
Norwegian: skade (no), såre
Old English: wierdan
Polish: ranić (pl) impf, zranić (pl) pf
Portuguese: ferir (pt), machucar (pt)
Russian: ра́нить (ru) impf or pf (ránitʹ), пора́нить (ru) pf (poránitʹ)
Sanskrit: द्रुह्यति (sa) (druhyati), हिनस्ति (sa) (hinasti)
Sardinian: fèrrere
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̏нити pf

Roman: rȁniti (sh) pf
Sicilian: firiri (scn)
Slovak: zraňovať impf, raniť pf, zraniť pf, poraniť pf
Slovene: raniti pf
Spanish: herir (es)
Swahili: -jeruhi (sw)
Swedish: skada (sv)
Ukrainian: ра́нити impf or pf (rányty), пора́нити pf (porányty), зра́нити pf (zrányty)
Welsh: anafu (cy), niweidio (cy), brifo (cy)

to cause damage or impair

Azerbaijani: zərər vurmaq
Bikol Central: uragan
Bulgarian: разва́лям (bg) impf (razváljam), повре́ждам (bg) impf (povréždam)
Finnish: vahingoittaa (fi)
French: blesser (fr)
German: verletzen (de)
Maori: whakakino, tunuhuruhuru
Oromo: hubuu
Russian: повреди́ть (ru) pf (povredítʹ)
Swedish: skada (sv)

to do injustice to

Bulgarian: оби́ждам (bg) impf (obíždam), оскърбя́вам (bg) impf (oskǎrbjávam)
Finnish: olla epäoikeudenmukainen, loukata (fi)
Maori: tunuhuruhuru
Norwegian: skade (no)
Russian: обижа́ть (ru) impf (obižátʹ), оби́деть (ru) pf (obídetʹ)

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