: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The wounded young girl hid in a room and called 911, telling the dispatcher her uncle stabbed her and her siblings, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified videos circulating on Telegram, as grey smoke rose into the sky.
—Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
In the footage inside the bar, the other wounded man is seen clutching his stomach.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
When his grandfather, a wounded and decorated Red Army veteran, returned home after the war, there was literally nobody left—not family, not friends, not rivals.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
The wounded young girl hid in a room and called 911, telling the dispatcher her uncle stabbed her and her siblings, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Sunday.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2025
The bodies of the dead and wounded could be seen lying on the pavement, one of them by a playground, in unverified videos circulating on Telegram, as grey smoke rose into the sky.
—Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
In the footage inside the bar, the other wounded man is seen clutching his stomach.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wounded. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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wounded
1 of 2 plural noun
wound·ed
ˈwün-dəd 
: persons that have been wounded
wounded
2 of 2 adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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