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  • 21injury — in•ju•ry [[t]ˈɪn dʒə ri[/t]] n. pl. ju•ries 1) harm or damage done or sustained, esp. bodily harm: to escape without injury[/ex] 2) a particular form or instance of harm: an injury to one s shoulder; an injury to one s pride[/ex] 3) wrong or… …

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  • 22injury — noun Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong, loss, damage, or detriment; harm; hurt; loss; mischief; wrong; evil; as, his health was… …

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  • 23injury — noun 1) minor injuries Syn: wound, bruise, cut, gash, laceration, scratch, graze, abrasion, contusion, lesion; Medicine trauma 2) they escaped without injury Syn: harm, hurt …

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  • 24injury — noun 1) minor injuries Syn: wound, bruise, cut, gash, scratch, graze; Medicine trauma, lesion 2) they escaped without injury Syn: harm, hurt, damage, pain …

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  • 25injury — See bodily injury whiplash injury …

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  • 26injury — The invasion of a legal right. Bowman v Davenport, 243 Iowa 1135, 53 NW2d 249, 63 ALR2d 853. To be distinguished from damage, which is the loss, hurt, or harm resulting from the injury. 22 Am J2d Damg § 1. As the word appears in an application… …

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  • 27injury — See: ADD INSULT TO INJURY …

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  • 28injury — See: ADD INSULT TO INJURY …

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  • 29injury — [14] Etymologically, an injury is something ‘unjust’. It comes via Anglo Norman injurie from Latin injūria, a noun use of injūrius ‘unjust’, which was a compound adjective based on jūs ‘right’ (source of English just). Its original meaning in… …

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  • 30injury — See: add insult to injury …

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