adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
badly hurt/injured/wounded
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Fortunately no one was badly hurt.
be killed/wounded in action (= killed or wounded while fighting )
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Four of her sons have been killed in action.
fatally injured/wounded
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Two officers were fatally injured in the explosion.
mortally wounded
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He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart.
seriously/injured/hurt/wounded
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He was seriously injured in a car accident on Friday.
the dead and injured/wounded/dying
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Most of the dead and injured had been passengers on the bus.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
animal
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It is always sad to see the wounded animals .
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From behind him he heard a single cry, like a wounded animal in mortal pain.
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And wounded animals were always at their most dangerous when cornered.
man
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For the conveyance of wounded men in ambulance trains, refugees, and prisoners of war, 13,318 special trains were provided.
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Screams of pain and ecstasy rose from the wounded man .
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The police Sergeant was kneeling beside the wounded man , pressing a pad against his side to stop the flow of blood.
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There was also a group of wounded men , some of whom would not be able to make it back to Kufra.
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They had also taught him that the first thing to do with a wounded man was clear his breathing.
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We do not believe in scalping, nor in killing wounded men .
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Stretcher-bearers were trying to clear the debris to get to the wounded men .
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He regarded the mortally wounded man with no pity in his heart.
pride
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And wounded pride was something that she could quite easily cope with when it came to Jonathan Whalley.
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Danzigers were far too busy protesting and petitioning, nursing wounded pride to realise the potential of their situation.
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Please don't feel you need to soothe my wounded pride .
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He now wears his wounded pride as a revolutionary might flaunt his bloodstained fatigues.
soldier
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The sight of a wounded soldier left him raw and angry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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wounded pride
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Helicopters have been sent in to rescue the wounded from the war zone.
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There are over 4000 refugees in the camp, many of them wounded .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Danzigers were far too busy protesting and petitioning, nursing wounded pride to realise the potential of their situation.
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Except when wounded or cornered, leopards will not often attack a human.
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He muttered and stirred, flinging his wounded arm out, but his eyes remained closed.
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His body ached all over and the wounded arm felt as if it were dropping off.
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If the loose ferrets make contact with the wounded rabbits they become preoccupied, stay where they are and do not resurface.