wounding 1 of 2

adjective

as in damaging

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wounding

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verb

present participle of wound
1
as in injuring
to cause bodily damage to an arrow had wounded the animal, but the vet was able to save it

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2
as in insulting
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in that callous comment really wounded me

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Recent Examples of wounding
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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 Trump supports the execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Nidal Hasan, charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 in a November 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, is pictured in an undated Bell County Sheriff's Office photograph. — Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Eric Lewis has been arrested and charged with killing Seiber, wounding Rodriguez and shooting at nine other officers. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding another 32 in a 2009 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The wider Middle East conflict escalated sharply on Saturday, when a Houthi ballistic missile struck the passenger terminal of Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport, killing 13 and wounding more than 300. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 Lewis, 35, is accused of fatally shooting Philadelphia Police Officer Shane Seiber and wounding his partner. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wounding
  1. damaging
  2. injuring
  3. insulting
  4. fatal
  5. offending
  6. injurious
  7. outraging
  8. destructive
Adjective
  • Strong overnight thunderstorms brought heavy rain and damaging winds to the Kansas City metro, prompting a tornado warning for Clay County and leaving thousands of people without power Wednesday morning.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • In a culture marked by high-power distance, that’s a particularly damaging signal.
    — Ryoji Sekido, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • 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, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The attack on Saturday was deadlier, with strikes killing 12 people and injuring over 300 others.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • The league suspended Greenlaw, determining his aggressive post-game behavior violated Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1(b), which strictly prohibits the use of abusive, threatening, or insulting language or gestures toward game officials.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Jewish critics accused Mamdani of insulting victims and fueling antisemitism, while pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a Manhattan vigil to denounce him for not doing enough to hold Israel accountable.
    — Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • In 2006, a 45-year-old with a heart condition suffered a fatal heart attack while aboard the park's Goliath ride.
    — DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Mystery still surrounds the fatal shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Western Rust, an incident that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of fatal
Verb
  • The danger here is not just offending the sensibilities of a group that the marketing team had not considered, but also that group sharing their offense with friends and relatives in their countries of origin.
    — Ivan Doruda, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • For that, their game — analyzing randomness and violence and doing so without offending our intelligence — has become as important to the American audience as The Game.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of offending
Adjective
  • White House advisers have argued that his vision would be politically injurious ahead of the midterms.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Strengthening balance is critical to help older adults prevent injurious falls.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of injurious
Verb
  • The Hitlerite hordes are murdering and outraging the peaceful inhabitants of our country, having no mercy on women, children or old people.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of outraging
Adjective
  • Amid unusual heat and unrelenting winds, hundreds of firefighters worked to contain several small, but destructive fires that ignited across Southern California.
    — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Kent said embers from burning homes can ignite nearby properties, allowing fires to spread from one structure to another and potentially contribute to larger, more destructive blazes.
    — Steve Large, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of destructive

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“Wounding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wounding. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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