wounded
/ˈwuːndɪd/ adjective B1- Suffering from a wound, especially one acquired in battle from a weapon, such as a gun or a knife. · A wounded soldier.· The wounded lay on stretchers waiting for surgery.
- Suffering from an emotional injury. · My wounded pride never recovered from her rejection.
- Of a particle: having undergone an inelastic collision. · a wounded nucleon
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A WOLF, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair.
An archer, who saw the Eagle from a place of concealment, took an accurate aim and wounded him mortally.
Some boatmen sailing by saw her, and taking a successful aim, mortally wounded her.
A WASP seated himself upon the head of a Snake and, striking him unceasingly with his stings, wounded him to death.
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