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English Dictionary: wounded by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wounded
adj
  1. suffering from physical injury especially that suffered in battle; "nursing his wounded arm"; "ambulances...for the hurt men and women"
    Synonym(s): hurt, wounded
n
  1. people who are wounded; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell"
    Synonym(s): wounded, maimed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wound \Wound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Wounding}.] [AS. wundian. [fb]140. See {Wound}, n.]
      1. To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of
            parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like.
  
                     The archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the
                     archers.                                             --1 Sam. xxxi.
                                                                              3.
  
      2. To hurt the feelings of; to pain by disrespect,
            ingratitude, or the like; to cause injury to.
  
                     When ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their
                     weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. --1 Cor.
                                                                              viii. 12.
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