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Definition: INJURING |
INJURINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Injure |
Date "INJURING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Crosswords: INJURING |
| English words defined with "INJURING": Evil eye ♦ Hurter ♦ Kempty ♦ mole cricket ♦ sparer ♦ Varisse. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "INJURING": Door ♦ Hurt ♦ injured worker ♦ KENNEL MANAGER, DOG TRACK ♦ Safener, Self Mutilation ♦ Vultures. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "INJURING": injure. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Henry David Thoreau | You cannot kill time without injuring eternity. |
| As if you could kill time without injuring eternity. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | And enzymes and toxins may enter the bloodstream, injuring the heart, lungs, and kidneys, or other organs. (references) | |
While anoxic and necrotic brain cells are doing damage to still viable brain tissue the immune system of the body is injuring the brain through an inflammatory reaction mediated by the vascular system. (references) | ||
If the penis is abnormally bumped or bent, an area where the septum attaches to the elastic fibers may stretch beyond a limit, injuring the lining of the erectile chamber and, for example, rupturing small blood vessels. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Philippines | On June 6, a radio station in Bacolod was bombed, injuring two persons. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | In demonstrations in October, a fight broke out, injuring protesters and a police officer. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | In July groups of young men disrupted a gay rights parade in Belgrade and attacked gay activists, injuring dozens of persons. (references) | |
Economic History | Belarus | In addition to this there are numerous World War II vintage minefields which are still in place and killing or injuring several Belarusians every year. (references) |
Lithuania | On January 10, 1991, U.S.S.R. authorities seized the central publishing house and other premises in Vilnius and unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow the elected government by sponsoring a local "National Salvation Committee." Three days later the Soviets forcibly took over the TV tower, killing 14 civilians and injuring 700. During the national plebiscite on February 9, 91% of those who took part in the voting (76% of all eligible voters) voted in favor of an independent, democratic Lithuania. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bangladesh | Police, using batons, charged the demonstrators, injuring 15 and arresting 12 persons. (references) |
Indigenous People | Bangladesh | Clashes between Bengalis and tribals ensued, injuring 18 persons, including 1 policeman. (references) |
Minorities | Czech Republic | On June 30, four skinheads assaulted a group of Roma in Ostrava, injuring two of them seriously. (references) |
Bangladesh | On June 3, in Baniachar, Gopalganj district, a bomb exploded inside a Catholic church during Sunday mass, killing 10 persons and injuring 20 others. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | No action was taken against members of the security forces responsible for killing or injuring persons during bombings. (references) |
Sudan | In December 2000, supporters of the outlawed Takfeer and Hijra Muslim groups attacked a rival group's worshippers at a Sunna mosque in Omdurman during Ramadam prayers, killing 26 persons and injuring 40 others. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Brazil | Strikers reacted by throwing rocks and cans at police, injuring five policemen. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | For like injuries it will be incumbent on us to seek redress in a spirit of amity, in full confidence that, injuring none, none would knowingly injure us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "INJURING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 98.92% of the time. "INJURING" is used about 185 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 98.92% | 183 | 22,794 |
| Noun (singular) | 1.08% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 185 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "INJURING": injuring incident. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "INJURING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 伤害 (hurting, injure, injured, Injuries, INJURY). (various references) | |
Danish | skadevoldende hændelse (injuring incident). (various references) | |
Dutch | gebeurtenis die letsels veroorzaakt (injuring incident). (various references) | |
Finnish | työtapaturmainsidenssi (injuring incident). (various references) | |
French | nuisant. (various references) | |
German | verletzend (blessing, hurting), schädigend (damaging, maring). (various references) | |
Greek | συμβάν υπαίτιο τραύματος (injuring incident). (various references) | |
Italian | lesione da incidente (injuring incident). (various references) | |
Korean | 손상됨. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | injuringay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | incidente com gravidade (injuring incident). (various references) | |
Spanish | incidente lesionante (injuring incident). (various references) | |
Swedish | skadeframkallande händelse (injuring incident). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "INJURING": reinjuring. (additional references) | |
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"INJURING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ijuin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "INJURING" (pronounced i"njering) |
| 5 | -n j er i ng | conjuring, endangering. |
| 4 | -j er i ng | badgering, majoring, perjuring, soldiering, wagering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | answering, administering, altering, anchoring, angering, auguring, backfiring, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conquering, considering, cornering, countering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, encountering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, minoring, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, puttering, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-i-j-n-n-r-u" | |
-1 letter: inuring, ruining. | |
-3 letters: inurn, iring, jinni, ruing, unrig. | |
-4 letters: girn, grin, jinn, ring, ruin, rung. | |
-5 letters: gin, gnu, gun, inn, jig, jin, jug, jun, nun, rig, rin, rug, run, urn. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-i-j-n-n-r-u" | |
+2 letters: jointuring, reinjuring. | |
+4 letters: journalizing. | |
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