Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing.
- noun A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss.
- noun Law Violation of the rights of another party for which legal redress is available.
- noun Obsolete An insult.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That which injures; harm inflicted or suffered; mischief; damage; hurt.
- noun Injurious speech; detraction; calumny.
- To injure; hurt; harm.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any damage or hurt done to a person or thing; detriment to, or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
damage orviolation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was impaired by a severe injury; slander is an injury to the character. - verb obsolete To
wrong , toinjure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
- noun an act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage
- noun a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
- noun an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
- noun any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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• Midfielder ruled out after picking up calf injury• Groin injury means Keith Andrews will miss trip
Damien Duff to miss Ireland's Euro 2012 qualifier against Armenia 2010
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Very interesting as a young child with a brain injury from a hard impact to the head.
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CSN's Chris Miller, who reported the amount of the fine, says he was told that the groin injury is real and that Arenas could have returned to the court had this been the regular season.
Report: Gilbert Arenas fined $50,000 by Wizards for faking knee injury Cindy Boren 2010
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Howard's brain injury is itself the unaddressed rift he works so hard to conceal, and as the book progresses, this is the fissure he's forced increasingly to confront.
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By those standards, it would be fair to ask if the person claiming disability due to a spinal cord or brain injury from a motor vehicle accident was in fact observing the speed limit at the time of the accident or if the person who suffered a disabling stroke always religiously took her blood pressure medications and passed on the salt.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » Severe Obesity is Not a Choice! 2008
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Not unless accidental brain injury is on your wish list for baby cot added extras.
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If Warner's groin injury is healed by then, Green will have to decide whether to stay with McCown.
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And the cause of the injury is the patent application.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Standing and Ripeness Issues in the Lawsuits Against Obamacare 2010
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Wise and Holden Kushner asked Portis about how the injury is affecting his social life.
Clinton Portis said he's not likely to play Sunday against Packers Cindy Boren 2010
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Renney called Shanahan day-to-day and said the injury is a ` ` muscle issue '' that doesn't appear to be serious.
USATODAY.com 2007
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