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injure meaning

EN[-ɪndʒə(ɹ)]
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FR injure

    Definition of injure in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGinjuresPRinjuringPT, PPinjuredSUF-ure
    1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
      1. (transitive) To damage or impair.
        1. (transitive) To do injustice to.
        2. More Examples
          1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
            • BMSCs have been autologously transplanted to treat diabetes mellitus by successfully restoring injured organs; however, few studies have reported the use of BMSCs for bone repair in diabetes mellitus.
            • During filming a stuntman was injured as he jumped from a railway bridge onto the roof of a train passing below.
            • The injured limb was positioned on the surgery table with elbow flexion ranging from 30° to 60° and forearm pronated to expose radial head, humeroradial joint and proximal radioulnar joint.
        • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
          1. Verbs
            • Transitive verbs
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          1. en injured
          2. fr injure
          3. fr injures
          4. en injurer
          5. en injures
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of injure for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "injure" is a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.
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