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wound
  • noun
    1. put in a coil
    2. a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat
    3. a figurative injury (to your feelings or pride); "he feared that mentioning it might reopen the wound"; "deep in her breast lives the silent wound"; "The right reader of a good poem can tell the moment it strikes him that he has taken an immortal wound--t
    4. the act of inflicting a wound
  • verb
    1. cause injuries or bodily harm to
    2. hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"