injure

Meaning

  1. To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  2. To damage or impair.
  3. To do injustice to.

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

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