injure

 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  injure 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  injure 
 
  Sense  1 
  injure,  wound 
  =>  trample 
  =>  sabre,  saber 
  =>  concuss 
  =>  calk 
  =>  torture,  excruciate,  torment 
  =>  pull  overstretch 
  =>  traumatize,  traumatise,  shock 
  =>  maim 
  =>  twist,  sprain,  wrench,  turn,  wrick,  rick 
  =>  disable,  invalid,  incapacitate,  handicap 
  =>  stub,  scrape,  skin,  abrade 
  =>  harm 
  =>  run  down  run  over 
  =>  shoot,  hit,  pip 
  =>  knife,  stab 
  =>  skin,  scrape 
  =>  bruise,  contuse 
  =>  graze 
 
  Sense  2 
  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite 
  =>  insult,  affront 
  =>  sting 
  =>  humiliate,  mortify,  chagrin,  humble,  abase 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  injure 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  injure 
 
  Sense  1 
  injure,  wound 
  =>  trample 
  =>  sabre,  saber 
  =>  concuss 
  =>  calk 
  =>  torture,  excruciate,  torment 
  =>  rack 
  =>  martyr,  martyrize 
  =>  pull  overstretch 
  =>  traumatize,  traumatise,  shock 
  =>  maim 
  =>  mutilate,  mar 
  =>  gouge,  force  out 
  =>  cripple,  lame 
  =>  hamstring 
  =>  twist,  sprain,  wrench,  turn,  wrick,  rick 
  =>  disable,  invalid,  incapacitate,  handicap 
  =>  stub,  scrape,  skin,  abrade 
  =>  harm 
  =>  sicken 
  =>  gag,  choke 
  =>  run  down  run  over 
  =>  shoot,  hit,  pip 
  =>  gun  down 
  =>  grass 
  =>  kneecap 
  =>  knife,  stab 
  =>  poniard 
  =>  bayonet 
  =>  skin,  scrape 
  =>  bruise,  contuse 
  =>  jam,  crush 
  =>  graze 
 
  Sense  2 
  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite 
  =>  insult,  affront 
  =>  sting 
  =>  humiliate,  mortify,  chagrin,  humble,  abase 
  =>  crush,  demolish 
  =>  degrade,  disgrace,  demean,  put  down 
  =>  reduce 
  =>  dehumanize 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  injure 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  injure 
 
  3  senses  of  injure 
 
  Sense  1 
  injure,  wound 
  =>  hurt 
 
  Sense  2 
  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite 
  =>  arouse,  elicit,  enkindle,  kindle,  evoke,  fire,  raise,  provoke 
 
  Sense  3 
  hurt,  injure 
  =>  damage 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  injure 
 
  injure  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  injure 
 
  Sense  1 
  injure,  wound 
  =>  hurt 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite 
  =>  arouse,  elicit,  enkindle,  kindle,  evoke,  fire,  raise,  provoke 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  hurt,  injure 
  =>  damage 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  injure 
  injured  party 
 
  Overview  of  verb  injure 
 
  The  verb  injure  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  injure,  wound  --  (cause  injuries  or  bodily  harm  to) 
  2.  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite  --  (hurt  the  feelings  of  "She  hurt  me  when  she  did  not  include  me  among  her  guests";  "This  remark  really  bruised  me  ego") 
  3.  hurt,  injure  --  (cause  damage  or  affect  negatively;  "Our  business  was  hurt  by  the  new  competition") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  injure 
  injured 
 
  Overview  of  verb  injure 
 
  The  verb  injure  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  injure,  wound  --  (cause  injuries  or  bodily  harm  to) 
  2.  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite  --  (hurt  the  feelings  of  "She  hurt  me  when  she  did  not  include  me  among  her  guests";  "This  remark  really  bruised  me  ego") 
  3.  hurt,  injure  --  (cause  damage  or  affect  negatively;  "Our  business  was  hurt  by  the  new  competition") 

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