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Injury (Noun)

Meaning 1

An act that causes someone or something to receive physical damage.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

  • Misconduct
  • Actus Reus
  • Wrongful Conduct

Hyponyms

  • Ill Service
  • Ill Turn
  • Spoiling
  • Spoilage

Related Words

  • Injure (verb)

Meaning 2

Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc..

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Examples

  • The football player suffered a serious injury during the game and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
  • She was rushed to the emergency room after sustaining a head injury in the car accident.
  • The doctor examined the patient's injury and determined that it would require surgery to repair.
  • The athlete's career was cut short due to a recurring knee injury that made it difficult to compete.
  • The worker's compensation claim was approved after it was determined that his back injury was a direct result of the workplace accident.

Synonyms

  • Hurt
  • Harm
  • Trauma

Hypernyms

  • Health Problem
  • Unhealthiness

Hyponyms

  • Wheal
  • Twist
  • Haemorrhage
  • Whiplash Injury
  • Pull
  • Penetrating Injury
  • Bite
  • Contusion
  • Weal
  • Welt
  • Break
  • Cryopathy
  • Hemorrhage
  • Insect Bite
  • Lesion

Related Words

  • Injurious (adjective)
  • Injure (verb)

Meaning 3

Wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

  • Misconduct
  • Actus Reus
  • Wrongful Conduct

Hyponyms

  • Legal Injury
  • Damage

Meaning 4

An accident that results in physical damage or hurt.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Synonyms

  • Accidental Injury

Related Words

  • Injure (verb)

Meaning 5

A casualty to military personnel resulting from combat.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural events.

Synonyms

  • Combat Injury
  • Wound

Hypernyms

  • Personnel Casualty

Hyponyms

  • Blighty Wound
  • Flesh Wound
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