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wound
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + wound
serious/severe/bad
• He was taken to Broomfield Hospital with serious head wounds.
deep
• Surgeons had to put three stitches in a deep wound in his shoulder.
minor
• His wounds, luckily, were minor.
a head/leg etc wound
• The victim died of chest wounds.
a stab/knife wound
• Her body was found with 37 stab wounds at her home in William Street.
a gunshot/bullet wound
• Deaths from gunshot wounds have soared in this part of London.
a war wound
• He walked with a limp, the result of an old war wound.
a flesh wound
(= one that does not injure bones or parts inside the body )
• It’s only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so.
an open wound
(= one where the skin has not yet healed )
• Sports players should not continue to play with open wounds.
a gaping wound
(= one that is wide and open )
• Blood spurted from his gaping wounds.
the entry/exit wound
(= where a bullet enters or leaves someone’s body )
• The exit wound was only slightly larger than the entry wound.
verbs
suffer/receive a wound
• The victim had suffered multiple wounds to his back and stomach.
inflict a wound
• These fish can inflict serious wounds.
dress a wound
(= clean it and cover it with cloth )
• The nurse dressed my wound.
clean/bathe a wound
• She finished cleaning the wound and began bandaging the arm.
a wound heals
• The wound is healing nicely.
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adverbs
be badly/seriously wounded
• Her husband was seriously wounded in the attack.
be critically wounded
(= be so badly wounded that you might die )
• He was critically wounded in the attack.
be mortally/fatally wounded
• On that same day, he was mortally wounded by an assassin.
be slightly wounded
• Two people were shot and slightly wounded.
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verb injure sb's body ADV. badly, critically, gravely, grievously, seriously, severely | fatally, mortally She was fatally wounded in a car crash. | slightly PREP. in One reporter was wounded in the leg. PHRASES the walking wounded (= people who have been wounded, but not so badly that they cannot walk) hurt sb's feelings ADV. deeply She was deeply wounded by his remarks., noun ADJ. bad, deep, serious | flesh Despite the large amount of blood, it was only a flesh wound. | gaping, open | clean | face, head, leg, etc. | bullet, gunshot, knife, stab | entry, exit The exit wound made by the bullet was much larger than the entry wound. | old | war His old war wounds still ached in certain weathers. VERB + WOUND inflict | receive, suffer | examine, probe | clean, dress WOUND + VERB close | heal It was a clean wound, and it healed quickly. WOUND + NOUN care, healing PREP. ~ in He had deep wounds in his chest. | ~ to He died of gunshot wounds to the head.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary