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Injured Injure Knee Playing Hockey People Crash Verb
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BrE / ˈɪndʒə(r) / NAmE / ˈɪndʒər / |
Example |
- he injured his knee playing hockey.
- three people were killed and five injured in the crash.
- she injured herself during training.
- he injured his knee playing hockey.
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injure(verb)BrE / ˈɪndʒə(r) / NAmE / ˈɪndʒər / - to harm yourself or somebody else physically, especially in an accident
- He injured his knee playing hockey.
- Three people were killed and five injured in the crash.
- She injured herself during training.
- He injured his knee playing hockey.
- Three people were injured in the crash.
- 50 people were seriously wounded in the attack.
- Did you hurt yourself?
- Don’t strain your eyes by reading in poor light.
- to damage somebody’s reputation, pride, etc.
- This could seriously injure the company's reputation.
Extra Examples- espionage activity which was likely to injure the national interest
- insurance to cover you in case one of your employees accidentally injures someone
- This could seriously injure the company’s reputation.
Verb Forms- present simple I / you / we / they injure
- he / she / it injures
- past simple injured
- past participle injured
- -ing form injuring
Word Origin- late Middle English: back-formation from injury.
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