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- noun Plural form of
wound . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
wound .
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Examples
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Pouring even more salt into the wounds is the divorce rate amongst couples who have children with a significant or profound disability.
Widows 2007
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The number who die in Germany and the United States from their wounds is a closely held secret that would embarrass the hell out of the administration if it were revealed.
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For the Palestinians, however, the wounds from the first battles are still very fresh, not yet even healed.
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Whitby DJ, Longaker MT, Adzick NS, Harrison MR, Ferguson MWJ: Rapid epithelialization of fetal wounds is associated with the early deposition of tenascin.
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No doubt licking his wounds from the butt kicking he got tonight.
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Irishman William Beatty was the surgeon on HMS Victory, and on the day of the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) recorded treating scores of sailors and soldiers, stitching and amputating limbs half torn off by flying splinters of wood, or musket-shot wounds from the French sharpshooters.
Amputations, acid gargles and ammonia rubs: Royal Navy surgeons' 1793-1880 journals revealed Maev Kennedy 2010
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That would at least protect from any more serious self inflicted wounds from the Obama Administration.
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Cass DL, Sylvester KG, Yang EY, Crombleholme TM, Adzick NS: Myofibroblast persistence in fetal sheep wounds is associated with scar formation.
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Lest we forget our recent history, when the Russians agree to sign on to ISS the ywere still licking hteir wounds from the collapse of the Soviet empire.
Russia Sees Future for its ISS Modules Beyond 2020 - NASA Watch 2009
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He had all manner of neat stories about vicious injuries, like having to hose out his boat three times to get rid of the blood after they rescued someone who had multiple wounds from a boat propeller.
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