Injure a part of your body

Injure To cause physical harm to a part of your body.

- He injured his leg in the accident.
- Tom injured his eye in the war.

Hurt To injure a part of your body, usually not very seriously.

- She hurt her arm climbing the mountain.
- He had hurt his back in an accident.

Damage To cause physical harm to a part of your body.

- The blast caused damage to his head.
- He suffered severe brain damage after a motorbike accident.

Do in (informal) an expression meaning to injure a part of your body,especially your back.
- Ted's not coming to work today- he's done his back in again.
- I has done my back in since when I tried to lift the heavy box.

Bruise to cause a mark to appear on someone's body by hitting or knocking it:

- She bruised her leg quite badly when she fell.
- She had slipped and badly bruised her face.

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