to bang
/ˈbæŋ/
verb
to accidentally hit or get hit by something that injures or damages a part of one's body
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1That face bangs!
2These things are banging.
3The rabbit banged his little hammer.
4Bangs the gavel.
5Just bang some pots and pans every now and then.
to bleed
/ˈbɫid/
verb
to lose blood from an injury or wound
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1Now, the city of Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee, and athletes themselves are bleeding cash.
2His eyes are bleeding.
3The bag is bleeding.
4Bleeds the true black.
5Even the smallest little cut on the scalp bleeds a tremendous amount.
to sustain
/səˈsteɪn/
verb
to suffer or undergo something irritating, especially an injury, disease, etc.
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1Mammals can sustain pursuit.
2- Sustained!
3This fact sustained the battering ram as the most effective siege weapon of the era.
4These margarita cups easily sustained a couple of clunks against the shelf.
5Per the statement, "the vehicle sustained major damage."
to wound
/ˈwaʊnd/, /ˈwund/
verb
to be hurt or hurt someone physically
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1"Dog saliva can heal wounds."
2Linda's question deeply wounded her father.
3- Five of us to take wounds.
4- Wounded?
5Two Reuters employees, two young children were wounded.
to cut
/ˈkət/
verb
to make an incision, opening or a wound in something, especially with a sharp tool or object
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1How can you cut the blob entirely into acute triangles and stop it from destroying the planet?
2[Crew Member] Cut the bun! -
3- Cut my toe nails too.
4- Cut your toe nails?
5This cheekbone could cut diamonds!
to burn
/ˈbɝn/
verb
to cause someone pain or discomfort
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1The chemical fumes were burning our eyes and lungs.
2Ya burnt.
3The mark, the brand of the gravewalker now burned into your face.
4Burned the mic.
5Kale chips burn easily.
to break
/ˈbɹeɪk/
verb
to have or cause a crack and a separation in one of the bones of the body
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1A small break in a pipe can eventually create a sinkhole that swallows whatever stood above it.
2They bilked people out of a million dollars, and when they just went broke recently, they still owe somebody else another million euros.
3- No! - A broken boat, the boat is broken.
4Break dance!
5Break dancing?
to bruise
/ˈbɹuz/
verb
to make injuries, particularly ones caused by a blow appear on the skin and cause discoloration
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1So you get bruises.
2My heel was bruised all week.
3See any bruises?
4Her face was bruised.
5- You bruised the banana.
to crick
/ˈkɹɪk/
verb
twist (a body part) into a strained position
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1I have a crick in my neck!
2I have a crick in my neck.
3It was put forward by Crick through the discovery of DNA.
4We're in a crick.
5You have the desk without a crick in your neck.
to cripple
/ˈkɹɪpəɫ/
verb
to inflict severe damage to someone's body so that they are unable to walk or move properly
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1A solar storm of that size today could cripple satellites and power grids around the world.
2Fear crippled me.
3The capture of the Esmeralda functionally crippled the Spanish navy west of Cape Horn.
4The blow cripples the destroyer's hull.
5This secret could significantly cripple the tattoo industry.
to crush
/ˈkɹəʃ/
verb
become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure
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1Crush those rebels!
2So tomato water, spices, crushed tomato.
3Crushing those colors.
4Then kinda crush some thyme leaves.
5And those three things together completely crush the market.
to debilitate
/dəˈbɪɫəˌteɪt/
verb
make weak
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1It's emotionally debilitating.
2And it's debilitating, quite frankly.
3It's debilitating.
4But some of us are absolutely debilitated by it.
5This is debilitating.
to dislocate
/ˈdɪsɫoʊkeɪt/
verb
to suddenly cause a bone to move out of its original place
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1On City Hunter, he dislocated his right shoulder.
2It's dislocated.
3So if we dislocated your elbow right now?
4Throughout the pregnancy, Amber's hips would routinely dislocate.
5- I dislocated my elbow.
to graze
/ˈɡɹeɪz/
verb
to cause injury to the surface of one's skin by rubbing it against something rough
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1The bullet grazed his thigh.
2The sea hare grazes constantly.
3Oh, no, my hair grazed her bosom.
4The cow and the bear shall graze.
5Cows graze one day.
to incapacitate
/ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪˌteɪt/
verb
injure permanently
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1Are they incapacitated and in bed all day?
2Pierpont was incapacitated by a devastating bout with Rheumatic Fever.
3This bean leaf can incapacitate the bloodsuckers.
4I mean a kid with a revolver could incapacitate it.
5Our thinking mind is incapacitated.
to jam
/ˈdʒæm/
verb
crush or bruise
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1Then he asked for some butter and jam, and she brought a very small serving of butter and a very small jar of jam.
2Then he asked for some butter and jam, and she brought a very small serving of butter and a very small jar of jam.
3"I'd like some more jam, please."
4So I just jammed the Transpose button a bunch of times.
5Alright let's jam.
to lacerate
/ˈɫæsɝˌeɪt/
verb
cut or tear irregularly
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1I think I accidentally cut off part of it while I was beginning and I accidentally lacerated the top of it.
2Some had received a ball in the face or jagged piece of shell lacerated their heads.
3And they will lacerate pretty quickly.
4Many critics used the series as an excuse to pen famously lacerating reviews.
5The string has been lacerated.
to maim
/ˈmeɪm/
verb
injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation
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1And maim and terrorize.
2As a result, more often than not the mine would simply severely maim rather than kill outright.
3Maybe they were maimed Eagles.
4He also liked to maim, molest, and murder.
5Your kettle bell maimed me!
to mangle
/ˈmæŋɡəɫ/
verb
destroy or injure severely
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1- Mangling a graphics card.
2My leg from the knee down is mangled beyond description.
3So her ears are pretty much mangled.
4- You're mangling my creation.
5I was mangled.
to mutilate
/ˈmjutəˌɫeɪt/
verb
destroy or injure severely
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1Millions were mutilated and traumatised.
2Bodies of women had been mutilated, their vaginas penetrated by bayonet blades.
3Some of them are mutilated.
4He may mutilate his ears by piercing them.
5The victim is slowly mutilated with a knife before a final killing blow is struck against the head or heart.
to paralyse
/pˈæɹəlˌaɪz/
verb
to cause a person, animal, or part of the body to lose the ability to move or function, typically due to injury or disease
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1My whole right side is paralysed!
2The Byzantine army was paralysed and in disarray.
3Moreover, the uninvolved nature of both army’s skittish commanders further paralysed the situation.
4Its roar silences the forest, paralyses the beat of life.
5In uncertainty our mind is paralysed by worry.
to tear
/ˈtɛɹ/, /ˈtɪɹ/
verb
to injure a muscle, etc. by stretching it too much
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1He raged at his generals, even reducing the stolid head of the army Zhukov to tears.
2Just tear the paper.
3My canvas bag had torn cottonfield pants and the tattered remnants of my huarache shoes in it.
4Tears happen?
5Maybe tear my pants.
to trample
/ˈtɹæmpəɫ/
verb
injure by trampling or as if by trampling
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1My first thing is trampled by horny groupies. -
2This jockey was trampled by a horse.
3Sheep are trampling over everyone.
4Scratch, bite, and trample is essentially the tactics of the Australian football team.
5This is just absolutely trampling the child's experience.
to twist
/ˈtwɪst/
verb
to injure a joint, particularly one's ankle or wrist by turning it in an awkward way
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1Twist the paper?
2Twist your arm.
3Torque is just twisting force.
4Twist my arm.
5- Twist my arm.
to wrench
/ˈɹɛntʃ/
verb
to injure a part of one's body, particularly one's ankle or shoulder by twisting it suddenly or violently
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1Some people saw the wrench.
2Some stars, like cool red dwarfs, throw another wrench into this system.
3Nature almost threw a wrench in its plans, though.
4Chimp Spanner equals monkey wrench.
5Now turn the wrench fully.
to bump
/ˈbəmp/
verb
to accidentally hit a part of one's body against something, especially with great force and in a way that causes injury
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1They said it was impossible to know a person's personality by analyzing head bumps.
2Bumping the Mexican jams.
3Bump the cone.
4Bump. -
5You bumped your elbow?
to concuss
/kənkˈʌs/
verb
to forcefully smack someone on the head and make them temporarily unconscious or confused
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1Our second anti-Wolverine tactic will be to concuss him from afar.
2Yand: Weiss, I think she's concussed!
3A concussed brain usually looks normal on a brain-imaging test.
4- I'm concussed, please.
5- I am concussed.
to fracture
/ˈfɹækʃɝ/, /ˈfɹæktʃɝ/
verb
to cause the bone to break
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1Then the X-Rays showed the hairline fractures.
2He fractured his ribs, backbone, arms, and skull.
3Pressurized fluids fracture rocks.
4These long bones, right above the paw, their called metatarsals, and three of them are fractured.
5Stress fractured the bone.
to hobble
/ˈhɑbəɫ/
verb
to walk unsteadily or clumsily due to sustaining injuries or physical limitations
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1I hobbled the male side together
2And then she hobbled out of this bodega.
3This in turn would hobble the confederate war effort.
4He hobbled across the street.
5Did you hobble him?
rupture
/ˈɹəptʃɝ/
noun
a severe injury that causes an internal organ or soft tissue to break or tear suddenly
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1The rupture can take many forms.
2Ruptures are interesting.
3The aorta could rupture.
4My carotid artery had ruptured.
5The aneurysm can rupture.
to scab
/ˈskæb/
verb
to form a scab, a crust of dry blood that forms over a wound as it recovers
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1You scab you.
2Scabs protect your incision while it heals.
3His forehead featured a noticeable scab.
4I still have a little scab.
5So I have scabs now on my hands.
to scald
/ˈskɔɫd/
verb
to injure oneself with hot liquid or steam
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1But I just scalded the front half of my tongue.
2The majority of people hospitalized for work place scald and contact burns are involved in food preparation.
3The majority of people hospitalized for work place scald and contact burns are involved in food preparation.
4Scalding steam hissed out of the damaged engine room and he could hear the screams of the trapped firemen.
5On his ship men were scalded with hot steam just for complaining.
to scratch
/ˈskɹætʃ/
verb
to make small cuts or marks on a surface
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1Scratched my butt--
2[First female narrator] Scratch that one out.
3Scratches build character.
4Scratch the tubes!
5- Scratch the entire play area.
to sting
/ˈstɪŋ/
verb
(of an animal or insect) to pierce the skin of another animal or a human's body and usually inject poison, either while facing a threat or preying
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1If this necrosis, or tissue death, happens after a sting, permanent scars may remain on a victim's skin.
2Still stinging a little bit.
3Are your lips stinging?
4Whoa, that rain is stinging my face.
5My last concert in Central Park was Sting.
to scar
/ˈskɑɹ/
verb
to leave a mark on the skin after the injured tissue has healed
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1If this necrosis, or tissue death, happens after a sting, permanent scars may remain on a victim's skin.
2COVID will indeed scar a generation of health care workers.
3We all have scars.
4You want scars?
5It scars the face of the sanctuary.
to scrape
/ˈskɹeɪp/
verb
(of skin tissue) to accidentally damage or injure by rubbing against a rough surface or with something sharp and abrasive
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1Women over 21 can undergo a regular pap smear, where a sample of tissue is gently scraped from the lining of the cervix to test for abnormal cells.
2Scrape the smoothie.
3Scrape the bowl, Josh.
4Scraping the bottom.
5Scrape your tongue:
to sprain
/ˈspɹeɪn/
verb
(of a ligament) to be suddenly twisted, which results in much pain
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1Hamburgers, roast pork, sprained ankles.
2I sprained this.
3Now I sprained my ankle just now.
4And then I sprained my ankle.
5Or sprained.
to stab
/ˈstæb/
verb
to push a knife or other sharp object into someone to injure or kill them
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1I stab your taint!
2- I stabbed a man in the heart.
3Stabbed a guy.
4- Stab their eye out!
5She stabbed this guy in the leg.

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