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(n)
Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
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(countable, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
(v)
(transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
Damage to the body of a living thing.
A disability or handicap.
(figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
(transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
(adj)
That has suffered damage.
A sensation that hurts.
Harm, hurt, damage.
Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
Causing physical harm or injury; harmful, hurtful.
Causing damage or harm.
The act by which somebody is maimed.
Causing pain or discomfort; painfully sensitive.
The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
The characteristic of being harmful.
Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
(intransitive) To feel pain.
(ambitransitive) To damage beyond use or repair; to damage (something) to the point that it effectively ceases to exist.
Widespread devastation and destruction.
Harmful; injurious.
The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
(transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
The act of inflicting a wound.
(transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
(transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
(transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
(pathology) A wound or injury.
A distressing or dangerous situation.
(countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
(of a person, predicative only) Angry, distressed, or unhappy
(transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
(transitive) To lower in value or social position.
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
(uncountable) The resentful, indignant, or shocked anger aroused by such acts.
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
Service that results in harm; an (intentionally or unintentionally) unhelpful, harmful action.
Physical action which causes destruction, harm, pain, or suffering.
The act of destroying.
An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
(only in set phrases) illness, affliction.
(transitive) To take credit or reputation from; to derogate; to defame or decry.
To make a threat against someone; to use threats.
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
An interruption to the regular flow or sequence of something.
(transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
An indication of potential or imminent danger.
A perceived threat or danger.
(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
(transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
(uncountable) A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
(transitive) To make smaller.
To treat poorly; to do a disservice to
An act that victimizes or exploits someone.
Intending to harm; malevolent.
A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
The act or process by which something is undermined.
Something that is not convenient, something that bothers.
A disadvantage; something that detracts or takes away.
A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback.
The act of putting someone or something in danger.
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
(intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
(transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
(figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger.
Exposure to likely harm; peril.
(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
(transitive) To put into peril; to place in danger.
Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
(intransitive, rarely transitive, figuratively) To interfere with.
(US) To put in jeopardy, to threaten.
The act of offending.
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Wrongdoing.
(transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
(uncountable) Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
(adv)
In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort.
The act or an instance of violating or the condition of being violated.
(transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
A violation or breach, as of a law.
To deliberately destroy or damage something in order to prevent it from being successful.
(uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
Of low quality.
(chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.