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| abrade |
to make rough or injure by scraping. [1/4 definitions] |
| aggrieve |
to injure by treating unfairly; give (someone) cause for complaint. [1/2 definitions] |
| antipersonnel |
designed to kill or injure people, as opposed to destroying machinery or buildings. |
| assailant |
a person who attacks another with intent to injure physically, socially, or emotionally. |
| attack |
to use speech or writing to criticize or injure. [1/9 definitions] |
| bang up |
(informal) to damage or injure, as in a collision. |
| burn |
to injure or damage by excessive exposure to heat, as from flame or sunlight. [1/14 definitions] |
| caltrop |
a metal device with four sharp spikes set so that one of them always points upward, used to injure or hinder cavalry horses or vehicles with pneumatic tires. [1/2 definitions] |
| cheap shot |
in sports, an act of unnecessary roughness against a vulnerable player, esp. when intended to injure. [1/2 definitions] |
| contuse |
to injure without lacerating the skin; bruise. |
| damage |
to harm or injure; cause loss of usefulness, value, or soundness. [1/4 definitions] |
| frostbite |
to injure by freezing. [1/2 definitions] |
| gore2 |
to injure by stabbing with a horn, antler, tusk, or the like. |
| harm |
to injure or damage. [1/3 definitions] |
| jam1 |
to injure by violent pressure. [1/12 definitions] |
| lacerate |
to rip, mangle, or injure by tearing or ripping. [2/4 definitions] |
| maul |
to injure by beating, clawing, bruising, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| pull |
to injure (a muscle) by stretching. [1/16 definitions] |
| punish |
to injure, harm, or treat roughly. [1/4 definitions] |
| reinjure |
combined form of injure. |
| riot gun |
a small firearm, esp. a repeating shotgun with a short barrel, used to disperse or halt a crowd rather than to injure or kill. |
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