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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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