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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wound, woundingadjective

    the act of inflicting a wound

  2. stabbing, woundingadjective

    causing physical or especially psychological injury

    "a stabbing remark"; "wounding and false charges of disloyalty"

Wiktionary

  1. woundingnoun

    The act of inflicting a wound.

Wikipedia

  1. wounding

    A wound is a rapid onset of injury that involves lacerated or punctured skin (an open wound), or a contusion (a closed wound) from blunt force trauma or compression. In pathology, a wound is an acute injury that damages the epidermis of the skin. To heal a wound, the body undertakes a series of actions collectively known as the wound healing process.

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  1. wounding

    Wounding is the act of causing an injury or harm to a living being, typically by cutting or piercing the skin or other body part. This can include physical injuries, such as cuts, bruises, burns, or broken bones, as well as emotional or psychological harm. It can occur as a result of an accident, violence, self-inflicted harm, or surgical procedures in a medical context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Wounding

    of Wound

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wounding in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wounding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of wounding in a Sentence

  1. Claire Papoulias:

    The teacher was presenting a lesson and all of sudden I heard gunshots directly behind me. That’s when the shooter opened the back classroom door and started firing at my classmates in the back, wounding them. I smelled and saw the gunpowder, i thought I was going to die.

  2. Communications Mallory Quigley:

    The taking of an innocent life and the wounding of women through abortion is never essential, women need a lot of things to prosper -- education, equal treatment under the law, economic equality-- but abortion is not the thing that empowers women.

  3. State Departments:

    In addition to threatening the U.S. with a possible attack, Abuhamzehs remarksthat the targets had been previously identified by Iran seemed to confirm the State Departments statement regarding the motivation behind the airstrike. Qassem Soleimani FUNERAL PROCESSION IN BAGHDAD DRAWS THOUSANDS OF MOURNERS CHANTING AMERICA IS THE GREAT SATAN Qassem Soleimani comments come after it U.S. defense officials told Fox News that more than 3,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team would be deployed to Kuwait. Irans top shadow commander, as Qassem Soleimani was known, was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition service members and the wounding of thousands more. According to the State Departments, the airstrike was aimed at deterring future Iranian attack plans. Qassem Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq and throughout the region, the United States will continue to take all necessary action to protect our people and our interests wherever they are around the world. Mourners gathering in the streets of Baghdad Saturday for Soleimanis funeral procession. Dressed in black military fatigues, the mostly male-dominated group carried Iraqi flags and the flags of Iran-backed militias that are fiercely loyal to Qassem Soleimani. In this image made from a video, mourners gather for a funeral procession for Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Baghdad Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020. ( PMF Media Office via AP) They were heard chanting.

  4. Margaret Hilda Thatcher:

    I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

  5. David King:

    I arrived just as the first wave of casualties had shown up, i looked across the patients and I knew immediately, without anyone having to tell me, exactly what the wounding mechanism was.

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