injures

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
   • The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

   Synonyms:

   harm, wound, traumatize, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify, dere, do damage to

2. (transitive) To damage or impair.

   Synonyms:

   disfigure, mar, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, contaminate, contort, damage, deface

3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

   Antonyms:

   benefit, help, praise, preserve