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Definition of injured adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

injured

adjective
 
/ˈɪndʒəd/
 
/ˈɪndʒərd/
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  1. physically hurt; having an injury
    • His injured leg prevented him from walking.
    • Luckily, she isn't injured.
    • Carter is playing in place of the injured O'Reilly.
    • The boy and another seriously injured person were evacuated by air ambulance
    • He tried to pull his critically injured friend from the burning vehicle.
    • He was conscious, but severely injured.
    • her badly injured ankle
    opposite uninjured
    Extra Examples
    • a slightly injured arm
    • The injured man was struggling to stand.
    Topics Health problemsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • lie
    • get
    adverb
    • badly
    • critically
    • gravely
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  2. the injured
    noun [plural] the people injured in an accident, a battle, etc.
    • Ambulances took the injured to a nearby hospital.
  3. (of a person or their feelings) upset or offended because something unfair has been done
    • an injured look/tone
    • injured pride
See injured in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee injured in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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