INJURING Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

injuring

verb

present participle of injure

as in damaging

to cause bodily damage to injured himself while skiing

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as in marring

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 injuring Strus also will be out for a while after injuring his right foot during training camp. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 This is where Krasner and Pollock lived for nearly 11 years, until Pollock killed himself and one of his passengers, Edith Metzger, while driving drunk, injuring his girlfriend, Ruth Kligman, too. — John Yau, ARTnews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Saudi Arabia stepped up strikes on Yemen’s Houthis after the group hit Riyadh’s airport 20 times this month, killing 17 people and injuring 333. — semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Suspects in a gray Cadillac and a red Toyota Corolla fired at partygoers walking to their cars, injuring two people, Austin police detectives told San Antonio police. — Annasofia Scheve, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2026 The roof of a school in northwestern Pakistan collapsed Thursday, killing at least 33 people including dozens of students and injuring dozens more, according to local authorities. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The Saturday attack marked the deadliest attack on Saudi soil in more than a decade, killing 13 people and injuring 309. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 Rescuers who transported the animals to the zoo moved at a painstaking pace, carefully navigating every bump and turn to avoid stressing or injuring them, said Indalkar from the forest department in Odisha. — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026 Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office. — Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026

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The 2025 decision came after the group claimed responsibility for breaking into a major air base, RAF Brize Norton, northwest of London, and damaging aircraft.

— Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
In October 2025, Baja California’s prosecutor said a drone dropped homemade explosive devices at an anti-kidnapping prosecutor’s office in Tijuana, damaging four vehicles but causing no injuries.

— Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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The Trib is withholding Nick’s full name to avoid marring his reputation in the eyes of future employers or others who might run a search on him.

— Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
The latter track takes overt inspiration from Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette, as Jepsen beckons her love to engage in life’s vices with her, like marring bedsheets with fruit stains and dashing nude through the garden.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

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On July 17, an Iranian missile struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, killing three American soldiers and wounding four others.

— Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Deputies returned fire, wounding 30-year-old Linda Mullennix and ending the standoff that began late Thursday.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026

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Things already had been tough internally amid the engagement challenges hurting Netflix’s stock as high-profile series had not performed to expectations and most returning shows have seen viewership declines season-to-season over the past year.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
The nationwide high school protest movement — over deteriorating school buildings, teacher shortages, and inequalities hurting schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods — has energized young voters, who may prove key to the election outcome.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of hurting

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The flip side is that the state suffers crippling deficits when the market tanks, as during the Global Financial Crisis.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
In the days after the ceasefire broke down, the Houthis announced a blockade on Saudi shipping, and launched attacks crippling Saudi Arabia’s oil export infrastructure.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of crippling

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Separating system testing from intelligence testing can eliminate unnecessary consumption without compromising engineering rigor.

— Pritam Debnath, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The challenge is to move advanced designs into reliable, repeatable production without compromising testing and operational safety.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

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