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adj. - Causing physical or especially psychological injury.

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  • His wounding is only the requisite demonstration of his utter commitment to this solitary, but all-important, altruistic act.
  • Yakov, his son by his first marriage, despairing over his relationship with his father, attempted suicide but succeeded only in wounding himself.
  • Police say the officer was responding to a report of dogs attacking and wounding a kangaroo.
  • I hated the idea of wounding a deer like that and not being able to find it. "
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