Collocations for "wounded"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "wounded" in context.
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wound
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [knife, stab, gunshot] wound
- has [multiple, several] [knife] wounds
- [a festering, an open, a healing] wound
- the wound is [festering]
- the wound is scabbing over
- a wound on her [arm, leg, shoulder]
- an [arm] wound
- suffered a wound to the [arm]
- is [just, only] a flesh wound
- has bandages [on, covering] his wound
- [dress, treat, clean] the wound
- [dress] the wound with [alcohol, iodine, a salve]
- change the wound's [dressing, bandage]
- wrap the wound with [gauze, cotton]
- [cover, protect] existing wounds (from)
- the wound [finally, eventually, has now] healed
- cure plant wounds
- was a [deep, serious] wound to his pride
- idiom: licked his wounds after the defeat
- was wounded [in the war, at war, in battle, in the field, on the field of battle]
- she wounded her [arm, knee, leg]
- the [shot, bullet, blast] wounded him in the [arm]
- wounded his [pride, self confidence]
- wounded her chances of [succeeding, winning, progressing, becoming]
- was [badly, critically, slightly, lightly] wounded [in, when, by]
- [fully, half, partially] wound
- a [fully] -wound [clock, watch]
- the [clock] is [fully] wound
'wounded' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):