injury : Idioms & Phrases


accidental injury

  • noun an accident that results in physical damage or hurt
    injury.
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combat injury

  • noun a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
    injury; wound.
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  • noun any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
    wrong; damage.
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penetrating injury

  • noun injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body
    penetrating trauma.
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whiplash injury

  • noun an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident)
    whiplash.
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