Be injured
- He was injured in the flight.
- His foot will be injured if you walk like this.
- They got injured because they were not careful.
Be hurt
To be damaged physically in an accident, attack,...
- Hundreds of people were killed and Thousands were hurt in the conflicts.
- He was seriously/slightly/severely/badly hurt in the explosion.
Be wounded
To be injured especially by a weapon, knife, bomb,...
- Ten people were wounded in the war yesterday.
- He was badly, critically, gravely, grievously, seriously, severely , fatally, mortally wounded after an unknown man shot him.
Be bleeding
To loss blood from a cut especially as a result of injury .
- His hand was bleeding.
- He almost bled to death after the bullet severed an artery.
- He fell down and his head was bleeding badly,terribly heavily, profusely,copiously .
- I wonder why sometimes my nose bleeds easily.
Get hurt
To be injured as a result of doing something dangerous.
- He got hurt seriously jumping out of a four- floor building.
- A lot of workers get hurt in mining accidents annually.
Sustain an injury
A formal expression meaning to be injured .Receive an injury is an equivalent expression with less formality.
- Ten people received/sustained injuries in the car crash.
- Surprisingly,nobody received/sustained injuries in the fight.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
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