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Meaning of 'injure'
Meaning of 'injure' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Injure 
[ v. t.]
- To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to
hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or
wound, as the person; to impair soundness, as of health. (b) To damage
or lessen the value of, as goods or estate. (c) To slander, tarnish, or
impair, as reputation or character. (d) To impair or diminish, as
happiness or virtue. (e) To give pain to, as the sensibilities or the
feelings; to grieve; to annoy. (f) To impair, as the intellect or mind. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'injure' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. injure [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cause damage or affect negatively
- cause damage or affect negatively
Example in sentence:
- Our business was hurt by the new competition
Meaning (2):
- hurt the feelings of
- hurt the feelings of
Example in sentence:
- She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests;
- This remark really bruised my ego
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