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injure

Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/

The English word “injure” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
  2. To damage or impair.
  3. To do injustice to.

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

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