{
    "term": "injure",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "injure",
            "heSheIt": "injures"
        },
        "pastSimple": "injured",
        "pastParticiple": "injured",
        "ingForm": "injuring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to harm yourself or somebody else physically, especially in an accident",
            "sensetop": "injure somebody/something/yourself",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(informal)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(formal)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He injured his knee playing hockey."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Three people were killed and five injured in the crash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She injured herself during training."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **seriously injured** in a riding accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "During the Second World War he was **badly injured** by a bomb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was hit by an unmarked police car and **severely injured**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The man was **critically injured** after falling from a ladder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several people were seriously injured."
                },
                {
                    "text": "insurance to cover you in case one of your employees accidentally injures someone"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["badly", "seriously", "severely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to damage somebody’s reputation, interests, feelings, etc.",
            "sensetop": "injure something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This could seriously injure the company's reputation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "espionage activity that was likely to injure the national interest"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["seriously", "severely"],
                "verb + injure": ["be likely to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒə(r)/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injure__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒəz/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injures__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒəd/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injured__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injuring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒər/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injure__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒərz/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injures__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒərd/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injured__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪndʒərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/injure/injuring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: back-formation from injury."
}