Definitions for injure

injure in·jure

Spelling: [in-jer]
IPA: /ˈɪn dʒər/

Injure is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 62 anagrams from letters in injure (eijnru).

Definitions for injure

verb (used with object)

  1. to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair:
  2. to do wrong or injustice to.
  3. to wound or offend:

Origin of injure

1575-85; back formation from injury (noun); replacing injury (v.)

Examples for injure

This warmth of mine might injure you in your husband's opinion.

Not mentioned in the video: Firearms kill or injure 10,000 American children each year.

I am not that which you call good, but it is impossible that I injure you.

Beijing, famously, launched a coordinated and sustained attack against Google a half decade ago to injure its business in China.

This commandment forbids us to kill or injure other persons or ourselves.

The children in these stories then went on to injure themselves by falling off of old bridges or cutting themselves.

Any turbidness or impurity in the water will injure the clearness of the sweetmeats.

We are bound in all our visits to bring relief to invalids, and not to injure them.

The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.

Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.

Word Value for injure
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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