injury
[noun]
Synonyms: harm, damage, detriment, disservice, hurt, ill, trauma (Pathology), wound, wrong

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Related Words: agony, discomfiture, distress, misery, suffering, pain, pang, detriment, disservice, loss, bad, evil, ill

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English Thesaurus: break, smash, snap, split, fracture, ...

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in‧ju‧ry S3 W2 AC /ˈɪndʒəri/ noun (plural injuries)
[Word Family: noun: injury, the injured; adjective: injured ≠ UNINJURED, injurious; verb: injure]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: injuria, from jus 'right, law']

1. [uncountable and countable] a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack:
She was taken to hospital with serious head injuries.
injury to
The driver of the truck suffered injuries to his legs and arms.
Beckham has missed several games through injury (=because of injury).
He’s a lawyer who specializes in personal injury claims.

2. [uncountable] law damage to someone’s reputation, career, or feelings
injury to
He says that the allegations caused serious injury to his reputation.
⇒ add insult to injury at add(8)

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injury
noun
ADJ. appalling, bad, horrendous, major, nasty, serious, severe, terrible | crippling | fatal | multiple | extensive | minor, slight, superficial | old | nagging, niggling, recurring | long-term | permanent Researchers have determined that heading a football can cause permanent injury.
accidental | internal | visible | facial, head, knee, leg, spinal, etc. | sports | industrial | bodily, emotional, personal (all law)
QUANT. run, series, spate He missed most of the season with a spate of injuries.
VERB + INJURY do yourself, incur, pick up, receive, suffer You'll do yourself an injury riding that old bike. She picked up an injury during the quarter-final.
risk The doctor said he would risk serious injury if he were to fall again.
cause (sb/sth), inflict The car turned right over, causing severe injury to the driver. Please help me before our dogs inflict serious injury on each other!
carry, have, nurse, suffer from She has replaced him in the team while he nurses a shoulder injury.
be prone to | feign He was accused of feigning injury.
aggravate He aggravated a neck injury while playing for Derby County.
die from/of The inquest heard that he died from multiple injuries.
avoid, escape Stretching exercises can help avoid injury.
Fortunately, the passengers escaped serious injury.
overcome, shake off She has failed to shake off her stomach injury.
recover from | deal with, treat, be treated for Finger injuries should be dealt with immediately. He is still being treated for injuries to his legs.
go off with He went off (= off the playing field) with an injury in the second half.
be out with She is out (= out of the competition/team) for six weeks with a hamstring injury.
pull out because of/due to/with He pulled out with (= decided not to compete because of) an injury at the last moment.
be back after/from, come back from, return after/from She should be back from injury.
have sb back after India had wicketkeeper More back after injury.
INJURY + VERB happen (to sb), occur This type of injury could happen to any player at any time. | result from sth injuries resulting from exposure to harmful substances
heal | dog sb/sth, hamper sb/sth, trouble sb Her athletics career has been dogged by injury.
sideline sb Both defenders have been sidelined by injury.
force sb to The knee injury forced him to give up playing at the age of 23.
arise from/out of (law) personal injuries arising from negligence
INJURY + NOUN problems The team has a lot of injury problems.
time They scored two goals in injury time (= time added at the end of a game because the game has been interrupted by injured players needing treatment).
PREP. because of ~ She's unable to play because of injury.
through ~ He has pulled out of the match through injury.
with ~ She slumped to the floor with injuries to her back and neck.
without ~ a step-by-step guide to lifting without injury
~ from injuries from the fire
~ to
PHRASES add insult to injury It adds insult to injury (= it make things worse) that banks are allowed to increase their charges without our knowledge or consent. | a claim for injury (law) a claim for personal injury
a risk of injury There is a real risk of injury in sports such as climbing.

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injury

serious
The injury wasn’t serious.
terrible (=very bad)
Some of the victims suffered terrible injuries.
fatal (=that kills someone)
Fortunately, his injuries weren’t fatal.
minor
A man was treated in hospital for minor injuries.
permanent
The brain can be affected by permanent injury after a serious accident.
a nasty injury (=quite bad)
Fairground rides can cause some nasty injuries.
a head/leg/shoulder etc injury
He suffered a shoulder injury while playing rugby.
a spinal injury (=an injury to the spine)
The injured boy is being treated for a spinal injury.
a facial injury (=an injury to the face)
I was offered treatment for my facial injuries.
a sports injury (=one you get while doing sport)
She has vast knowledge of treating sports injuries.
an industrial injury (=one that happens at work)
He was the victim of an industrial injury.
internal injuries (=injuries inside your body)
He was coughing blood, a sign that he had internal injuries.
multiple injuries (=large number of injuries at the same time)
She had multiple injuries and a fractured skull.
have an injury
Tom was OK, and had just a few minor injuries.
suffer an injury
He suffered a serious leg injury in a motorcycle accident.
get an injury informal (=suffer an injury)
He couldn’t take the chance of getting an injury.
sustain/receive an injury formal (=suffer an injury)
She sustained an injury to her hip.
treat an injury
The injury was treated at the local hospital.
recover from an injury
It took her six months to recover from the injury.
escape/avoid injury
Two workmen narrowly escaped injury when a wall collapsed.
cause an injury
The injury was caused by flying glass from the car windscreen.
inflict an injury on somebody formal (=make someone have an injury)
Jenkins was accused of inflicting a head injury on one of his former colleagues.
do yourself an injury British English informal (=accidentally hurt yourself)
Be careful with that knife or you’ll do yourself an injury.
an injury happens/occurs
The injury occurred five minutes into the game.
be prone to injury (=often get injuries)
She was rather prone to injury and often missed matches as a result.
injury problems BrE:
He suffered injury problems throughout his career as a footballer.

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break verb [transitive] to damage something and make it separate into pieces, for example by dropping it or hitting it:
Careful you don’t break the chair.
He broke his leg.
smash verb [transitive] to break something with a lot of force:
A policeman smashed his camera.
snap verb [transitive] to break something into two pieces, making a loud noise – used especially about long thin objects:
He snapped the sticks in two.
split verb [transitive] to separate something into two pieces along a straight line:
Using a sharp knife, split the melon in half.
fracture verb [transitive] to damage a bone, especially so that a line appears on the surface:
I fell over and fractured my wrist.
tear /teə $ ter/ verb [transitive] to damage paper or cloth by pulling it so that it separates into pieces:
She tore up the letter and put it in the bin.
I tore my jacket.
injury damage to part of your body caused by an accident or an attack:
The passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
wound an injury, especially a deep cut in your skin made by a knife, bullet, or bomb:
He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
cut a small injury made when a sharp object cuts your skin:
Blood was running from a cut on his chin.
bruise a dark mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit:
Jack often comes home from playing rugby covered in bruises.
graze/scrape a small injury that marks your skin or breaks the surface slightly:
She fell off her bike and got a few grazes on her legs and knees.
gash a long deep cut:
He had a deep gash across his forehead.
bump an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it against something:
How did you get that bump on your head?
sprain an injury to your ankle, wrist, knee etc, caused by suddenly twisting it:
It’s a slight sprain – you should rest your ankle for a week.
strain an injury to a muscle caused by stretching it or using it too much:
a muscle strain in his neck

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hit:
I’ve got a bad bruise where I hit my leg against the table.
The car hit a tree.
bump to hit a part of your body against something, especially because you do not see or notice it:
Careful you don’t bump your head – the ceiling’s very low.
bang/bash to hit something hard, so that you hurt yourself or damage something:
He banged into the car in front.
I bashed my knee climbing over a gate.
She fell and bashed her chin on the ground.
stub to hit your toe against something and hurt it:
I stubbed my toe on the piano leg.
injury damage to part of your body caused by an accident or an attack:
The passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
wound an injury, especially a deep cut in your skin made by a knife, bullet, or bomb:
He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
cut a small injury made when a sharp object cuts your skin:
Blood was running from a cut on his chin.
bruise a dark mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit:
Jack often comes home from playing rugby covered in bruises.
graze/scrape a small injury that marks your skin or breaks the surface slightly:
She fell off her bike and got a few grazes on her legs and knees.
gash a long deep cut:
He had a deep gash across his forehead.
sprain an injury to your ankle, wrist, knee etc, caused by suddenly twisting it:
It’s a slight sprain – you should rest your ankle for a week.
strain an injury to a muscle caused by stretching it or using it too much:
a muscle strain in his neck
fracture a crack or broken part in a bone:
a hip fracture

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injury damage to part of your body caused by an accident or an attack:
The passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
wound an injury, especially a deep cut in your skin made by a knife, bullet, or bomb:
He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
cut a small injury made when a sharp object cuts your skin:
Blood was running from a cut on his chin.
bruise a dark mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit:
Jack often comes home from playing rugby covered in bruises.
graze/scrape a small injury that marks your skin or breaks the surface slightly:
She fell off her bike and got a few grazes on her legs and knees.
gash a long deep cut:
He had a deep gash across his forehead.
bump an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it against something:
How did you get that bump on your head?
sprain an injury to your ankle, wrist, knee etc, caused by suddenly twisting it:
It’s a slight sprain – you should rest your ankle for a week.
strain an injury to a muscle caused by stretching it or using it too much:
a muscle strain in his neck
fracture a crack or broken part in a bone:
a hip fracture
be badly/seriously wounded
Her husband was seriously wounded in the attack.
be critically wounded (=be so badly wounded that you might die)
He was critically wounded in the attack.
be mortally/fatally wounded
On that same day, he was mortally wounded by an assassin.
be slightly wounded
Two people were shot and slightly wounded.
hurt to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body:
She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly.
Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
injure to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting:
One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks.
Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
maim /meɪm/ [usually passive] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion:
In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
break to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it:
The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
sprain/twist to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving:
I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
strain/pull to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much:
When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
dislocate to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position:
Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
paralyse [usually passive] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body:
A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.

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injury damage to part of your body caused by an accident or an attack:
The passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
wound an injury, especially a deep cut in your skin made by a knife, bullet, or bomb:
He died of a gunshot wound to the head.
cut a small injury made when a sharp object cuts your skin:
Blood was running from a cut on his chin.
bruise a dark mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit:
Jack often comes home from playing rugby covered in bruises.
graze/scrape a small injury that marks your skin or breaks the surface slightly:
She fell off her bike and got a few grazes on her legs and knees.
gash a long deep cut:
He had a deep gash across his forehead.
bump an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it against something:
How did you get that bump on your head?
sprain an injury to your ankle, wrist, knee etc, caused by suddenly twisting it:
It’s a slight sprain – you should rest your ankle for a week.
strain an injury to a muscle caused by stretching it or using it too much:
a muscle strain in his neck
fracture a crack or broken part in a bone:
a hip fracture
hurt to damage part of your body, or someone else’s body:
She slipped on the ice and hurt herself badly.
Be careful you don’t hurt anyone with that knife.
injure to hurt yourself quite severely, or to be hurt in an accident or fighting:
One of our players has injured his leg, and will be out of the game for weeks.
Four people have been seriously injured on the Arizona highway.
maim /meɪm/ [usually passive] to hurt someone very severely, especially so that they lose an arm, leg etc, often as the result of an explosion:
In countries where there are landmines, people are killed and maimed daily.
break to hurt a part of your body by breaking a bone in it:
The X-ray showed that I had broken my wrist.
sprain/twist to hurt your knee, wrist, shoulder etc by suddenly twisting it while you are moving:
I jumped down from the wall and landed awkwardly, spraining my ankle.
strain/pull to hurt one of your muscles by stretching it or using it too much:
When you are lifting heavy loads, be careful not to strain a back muscle.
dislocate to damage a joint in your body in a way that moves the two parts of the joint out of their normal position:
Our best batsman dislocated his shoulder during training.
paralyse [usually passive] to make someone lose the ability to move part or all of their body:
A climbing accident had left him paralysed from the chest down.

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injury
ˈɪndʒərɪ
See: add insult to injury

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Injury
· In U.S. law, a finding by the International Trade Commission that imports are causing, or are likely to cause, harm to a U.S. industry. An injury determination is the basis for a Section 201 case. It is also a requirement in all antidumping and most countervailing duty cases, in conjunction with Commerce Department determinations on dumping and subsidization.

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· In U.S. law, a finding by the U.S. International Trade Commission that imports are causing harm to a U.S. industry. An injury determination is the basis for Section 201 case. It is also a requirement in all antidumping (AD) and most countervailing duty (CVD) cases. In conjunction with Commerce Department, determinations on dumping and subsidization, the ITC determines whether there is serious injury to U.S. industry in a 201 case, while in AD/ CVD cases it investigates whether there is material injury.

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