injure

To cause physical harm to; hurt.

To experience injury in (oneself or a body part).

To cause damage to; impair.

To commit an injustice or offense against; wrong.

To cause distress to; wound.

A Middle English form of injury.

To do harm to; inflict damage or detriment upon; impair or deteriorate in any way; subject to any deleterious or noxious action or influence; hurt; harm: a word of very wide application: as, to injure property by misuse or neglect; to injure the health by overwork or dissipation; to injure another’s reputation by slander; to injure the cause of morality by bad example.

Synonyms To mar, disfigure, abuse, maltreat, wrong.