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Synonyms of injure in English:

injure


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See Spanish definition of herir

verb

1‘she was injured in a road accident’

SYNONYMS
hurt, wound, harm, damage, disable
maim, mutilate, deform, mangle, crush, shatter, smash, break, do mischief to
British informal knacker
archaic scathe
ANTONYMS

heal

2‘she worried that her son would injure his health by overstudy’

SYNONYMS
harm, damage, impair, undermine, diminish, impede, weaken, enfeeble
have a bad effect on, have a negative effect on, do harm to
rare vitiate

3‘a libel calculated to injure the company's reputation’

SYNONYMS
damage, mar, spoil, ruin, blight, blemish, besmirch, tarnish, blacken

4‘I have injured no one save myself by my folly’

SYNONYMS
wrong, do an injury to, do an injustice to, offend against, be detrimental to
abuse, maltreat, mistreat, ill-treat, treat badly, ill-use
British informal do the dirty on