I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , serious , severe
▪ fatal
▪
a fatal gunshot ~
▪ minor
▪ flesh
▪
Despite the large amount of blood, it was only a flesh ~.
▪ clean
▪ gaping , open
▪ surgical
▪ bleeding , festering ( often figurative ), infected
▪
The animal died from an infected ~.
▪ face , head , leg , etc.
▪ bullet , gunshot , knife , shrapnel , stab
▪ multiple
▪
He had suffered multiple stab ~s to his chest.
▪ entry , exit
▪
The exit ~ made by the bullet was much larger than the entry ~.
▪ puncture , slash
▪
She suffered numerous slash and puncture ~s to her arms and upper body.
▪ old
▪ war
▪
His old war ~s still ached in certain weathers.
▪ self-inflicted ( often figurative )
▪
The President's self-inflicted ~s have called his credibility into question.
▪ emotional , psychological
VERB + WOUND
▪ inflict
▪ receive , suffer , suffer from
▪ examine , probe
▪ bandage , clean , cleanse , cover , dress , treat
▪ nurse
▪ heal ( often figurative )
▪
They say that time heals all ~s.
WOUND + VERB
▪ close
▪ heal
▪
It was a clean ~, and it healed quickly.
▪ bleed
WOUND + NOUN
▪ care , healing
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
He had deep ~s in his chest.
▪ ~ to
▪
He died of gunshot ~s to the head.
II.
verb
1 injure sb's body
ADVERB
▪ badly , critically , gravely , grievously , seriously , severely
▪ fatally , mortally
▪
She was fatally ~ed in a car crash.
▪ slightly
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
One reporter was ~ed in the leg.
PHRASES
▪ the walking ~ed (= people who have been wounded, but not so badly that they cannot walk)
2 hurt sb's feelings
ADVERB
▪ deeply
▪
She was deeply ~ed by his remarks.
▪ emotionally
Wound is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ego , ↑ pride