Collocations for "injury"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "injury" in context.
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injury
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [avoid, prevent] injury by
- caused injury to
- suffered an injury to his [neck, leg]
- suffered an injury in the [accident, crash]
- injury or [death, illness, disease]
- may result in (serious) injury
- a work-related injury
- suffered a sports injury
- avoided a [serious, career-threatening] injury
- is unable to [walk, work, play] due to his injury
- her injury makes it impossible to [walk]
- suffered an injury while [playing, running]
- suffered a [head, spinal cord, back] injury
- suffered (many) serious injuries
- escaped the [crash, accident] without any injuries
- prevent personal injury
- is [suing, claiming] for personal injury (against)
- an injury [caused, sustained, produced] by
- idiom: add insult to injury
- injury prevention
- an injury [lawyer, attorney]
- [five] players on the injury list
'injury' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ambition
- bathe
- battle
- bike
- blight
- blood
- bow
- brain
- call
- career
- claim
- concussion
- critical
- cry
- curtail
- disability
- dress
- ending
- fang
- groin
- handicap
- head
- heal
- insult
- lame
- lawsuit
- liable
- massage
- match
- medical
- mend
- nagging
- nemesis
- nurse
- overcome
- painful
- personal
- physical
- pressure
- prevent
- prone
- recover
- recovery
- red
- replay
- result
- retaliate
- rib
- riding
- risk