Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of injury
"The emergency room was overwhelmed after the car crash, which left several passengers with serious injuries."
In plain English: Injuries are physical harms that damage your body and cause pain.
"The athlete was disqualified from the competition due to multiple injuries sustained during the game."
Usage: Use injuries to refer to multiple physical harms or wounds sustained by someone, such as in sports accidents or workplace incidents. Always keep it plural when describing more than one instance of damage to the body.
Derived from Old French injure (insult) and Latin iniuria, the term originally meant an act of doing wrong or causing harm through violence rather than accident. Its modern usage specifically refers to physical wounds or damage inflicted on a person's body.