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injure vs run down

run down vs injure

injure and run down both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
injure No No Yes No
run down No No Yes No
As verbs, run down is a hyponym of injure; that is, run down is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than injure:
  • injure: cause injuries or bodily harm to
  • run down: injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
Other hyponyms of injure include trample, concuss, calk, excruciate, torment, torture, overstretch, pull, shock, traumatise, traumatize, maim, rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick, subluxate, disable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid, harm, run over, break, fracture, hit, pip, shoot, knife, stab, scrape, skin, bruise, contuse, graze.
injure (verb) run down (verb)
cause injuries or bodily harm to use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
cause damage or affect negatively injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
hurt the feelings of pursue until captured
move downward
examine hastily
deplete
trace
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