2.5.3 Injure

Use this domain for words related to injuring someone.

OMC Codes: 
752 Bodily Injuries
Louw Nida Codes: 
20B Harm, wound
  • What words refer to injuring someone?
    injure, harm, hurt, wound, abuse, violate, electrocute, electrocution, mistreat, mistreatment, inflict injury,
  • What words refer to injuring a part of your body?
    injure, damage, hurt, impair,
  • What words refer to injuring a bone or joint?
    break, fracture, dislocate, crack, hamstring, jam, sprain, stub, twist, wrench, do your back in, put out your back,
  • What words refer to injuring a muscle?
    pull, strain, tear, cramp, spasm, convulsion,
  • What words refer to being injured by being cut?
    cut, bayonet, buffet, butt, chop, claw, clout, club, gash, jab, knife, lacerate, maul, savage, slice, spear, stab, traumatize, scratch, scrape, graze, mutilate,
  • What words refer to being injured by being hit?
    hit, bash, batter, beat up, belt, black eye, bludgeon, bruise, crush, concussion, cudgel, cuff, hammer, horsewhip, kick, knee, knock, lash, pelt, pummel, punch, slap, smack, smash, squash, stone, strike, thwack, whip,
  • What words refer to being injured by being burned?
    burn, first/second/third degree burn, boil, scald,
  • What words refer to being injured?
    be injured, sustain an injury, be bleeding, be hurt, get hurt, be wounded, suffer harm,
  • What words refer to someone who has been injured?
    casualty, victim, the injured, the wounded,
  • What words refer to a person wounded in war?
    wounded in action, purple heart,
  • What words describe someone who has been injured?
    injured, harmed, wounded,
  • What words describe a part of your body that has been injured?
    injured, hurt, impaired, damaged,
  • What words refer to an injury?
    injury, accident, bruise, cut, impairment, wound, slash, puncture, stab, sprain, tear/pull a muscle, shock, concussion, bump, break a bone, fracture, dislocate a bone, dislocation, sprain, put out an eye, nose bleed, scar, sting, bite, sore, blister, contusion, frostbite, heatstroke, sunstroke, sunburn, burn, welt, drug overdose,
  • What words describe the seriousness of an injury?
    crippling, serious (injury), minor (injury), bad (accident), deep (wound), bad (sprain), third degree (burn), compound (fracture), critical, critically, fatal, fatally, sore (finger)
  • What words describe someone who is not injured?
    unharmed, unhurt, unscathed, come to no harm, no harm done, without a scratch, in one piece, walk away from
  • What words describe something that can injure someone?
    dangerous, harmful,
  • What words describe something that cannot injure someone?
    harmless,