injure

What it means

1. transitiveTo wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.

   I injured my ankle playing tennis.

   1 more example

   The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

   Synonyms: harm, wound, traumatize, abuse, annoy, bewound, damage, damnify

2. transitiveTo damage or impair.

   Synonyms: disfigure, mar, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, contaminate, contort

3. transitiveTo do injustice to.

   Antonyms: benefit, help, praise, preserve

In a sentence

The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.

Where it comes from

1. Latininiūria“injustice; wrong; offense”
2. Anglo-Normaninjurie
3. Middle Englishinjurie
4. Englishinjure

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”).