INJURES Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

injures

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present tense third-person singular of injure

as in damages

to cause bodily damage to injured himself while skiing

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to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of the agent's treachery has injured our national security for years to come

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Recent Examples of injures Travel could require boarding or pet-sitting expenses, while a dog that damages property or injures someone could create potential liability issues. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 The heist goes wrong when one sister injures her back and ends up trapped on the second floor, setting off an increasingly frantic bid to get out before the homeowner comes home. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026 Who is responsible when a robot breaks something or injures someone? — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 This storyline later appeared in the second season of Girls, as Dunham’s character Hannah is overwhelmed with the anxiety of writing a novel and similarly injures herself. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026 In her desperation to ask Val for a job on the new sitcom, Sharon falls and injures herself. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026 Bystander videos, like the ones taken of Pretti, have played a key role for decades in informing the public when law enforcement kills or injures people. — Ava Berger, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026 California law already criminalizes unsafe gun storage in certain situations, including when a child accesses a firearm and injures or kills someone. — Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025

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Travel could require boarding or pet-sitting expenses, while a dog that damages property or injures someone could create potential liability issues.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
And one of the toughest critiques — that service damages mental health — doesn’t hold up.

— Tom Suozzi, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of damages

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Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Jacob Whitehead Homophobic chant mars Mexico’s win Before the World Cup, the Mexican football federation launched a campaign that featured the heroes of the country’s 1986 World Cup side.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Definition of mars

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Sure, the latter hurts the stats, but Daniels loved being able to close out the victory.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
Yet YouTube has told creators cross-posting on its platform and Netflix hurts viewership on YouTube and conveys the idea that channels are deprioritizing the streaming platform as their primary distribution outlet.

— Lucas Shaw, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of hurts

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Siegel noted that measles weakens the immune system and increases the risk of pneumonia, which can stem from measles itself or from a secondary bacterial infection.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Employment has been a mostly resilient area of the economy even as stubborn inflation continues to squeeze businesses and households, while consumer confidence weakens.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2026

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The delay, the filing notes, impairs Pewitt’s defense because the memories of witnesses fade and their availability is unknown, and the ability to find and re-examine physical evidence after 31 years is compromised.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Hwang suffered a traumatic brain injury from the attack, leading to ataxia, a neurological disorder that impairs movement and muscle control, and occasional seizures.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026

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