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INJURE

injure, harm, hurt, damage, injured, injures, injuring, reinjure, uninjured, scaith, scath, skaith - v 
to do or cause injury to 

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Synonyms

damage, harm, hurt, wound, batter, bloody, blow out, bruise, contuse, cut, gash, gore, lacerate, scald, scar, scathe, strain, tear

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Examples

“The poison must not be strong enough to injure the roots, leaves, &c., of the host-plant, or allowed to act long enough to bring about such injury.”

“A light squadron was, however, kept at sea to injure the Dutch trade, and as no armistice was arranged the Republic was free to continue warlike operations.”

“A diminution of the aperture, however, would injure a very much more important property, viz.”

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Etymology

mid-15c., "do an injustice to, dishonor," probably a back-formation from injury, or else from Old French injuriier "to damage; offend," from Latin iniuriari "do an injury," from iniuria. Injury itself also served as a verb meaning "to injure, hurt, harm" (late 15c.). Related: Injured; injuring.

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