: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
While some donated blood destined for wounded soldiers, others working in the city’s war plants stopped to listen to a proclamation by President Harry Truman.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Right in the line of our favorite 80s coming-of-age movies, The Legend of Ochi takes place on the island of Carpathia, where Yuri, a young and shy girl played by Helena Zengel, befriends a wounded baby Ochi, an animal species feared and chased by her entire village.
—Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The Telegram account of the Defense Ministry’s publication Zvezda reported last week that Russian marines fighting in the Kursk region were using all-terrain motorcycles to evacuate civilians and wounded soldiers.
—Daria Tarasova Markina and Tim Lister, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Police were working to determine the motive, but said that the wounded man apparently got into a dispute with another person and that gunfire followed.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
While some donated blood destined for wounded soldiers, others working in the city’s war plants stopped to listen to a proclamation by President Harry Truman.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
Right in the line of our favorite 80s coming-of-age movies, The Legend of Ochi takes place on the island of Carpathia, where Yuri, a young and shy girl played by Helena Zengel, befriends a wounded baby Ochi, an animal species feared and chased by her entire village.
—Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The Telegram account of the Defense Ministry’s publication Zvezda reported last week that Russian marines fighting in the Kursk region were using all-terrain motorcycles to evacuate civilians and wounded soldiers.
—Daria Tarasova Markina and Tim Lister, CNN Money, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wounded. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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wounded
1 of 2 plural noun
wound·ed
ˈwün-dəd 
: persons that have been wounded
wounded
2 of 2 adjective
: injured, hurt by, or suffering from a wound
a wounded leg
wounded feelings
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