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Protests Students Killed Damaged Wounded Injured Damage Injured/Wounded

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Keyword damage
Sub Entry Number 3
Type of Sentence ✗
Error Sentence During the protests, some students were killed and others were seriously damaged.
Correct Sentence During the protests, some students were killed and others were seriously injured/wounded.
Cloze Error Sentence During the protests, some students were killed and others were seriously [[damaged]].
Cloze Sentence During the protests, some students were killed and others were seriously [[injured/wounded]].
Cloze Answer injured/wounded
Choices wounded | injured | damaged
Explanation

Damaged is used in connection with things or parts of your body (NOT people): 'The engine was too badly damaged to be repaired.' 'The cause of the oil leak was a damaged pipeline.'

People are hurt or injured (badly hurt) in an accident, earthquake, hurricane etc: 'The scaffolding collapsed, killing one of the construction workers and injuring two passers-by.'

Someone who is injured by a weapon, such as a gun or knife, is wounded: 'He is accused of wounding a fellow prisoner.' 'The wounded soldiers were sent home for medical treatment.'

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