the wounded

noun

: people who have been wounded

They carried the wounded off the battlefield.

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The nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of Gaza's last functioning medical facilities, had no doctors to treat the wounded after a dayslong siege there by Israeli forces, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. —

Alexander Smith, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024 Abdel Kareem Hana / AP No doctors to treat the wounded, officials say The strike hit a five-story building in the northern city of Beit Lahia housing some 200 people, according to the Gaza government media office. —

Alexander Smith, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024 Najjar and his team administered first aid, laying out the wounded on tarps in the sand. —

Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said six of the wounded were in serious condition. —

Ami Bentov, Tia Goldenberg, Samy Magdy and Joseph Krauss, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the wounded