Use hurt or injure to talk about people suffering physical harm as a result of an accident, earthquake, hurricane etc • No one was hurt in the car crash!. • We hoped he wasn't seriousl[r]
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damage, hurt, injure, wound
Damage means to cause physical harm to a thing or to a part of your body • Fires can damage crops and
animals • He damaged a knee ligament playing rugby You do not usually talk about damaging a person
Use hurt, injure, or wound instead • He was hurt in a climbing accident (NOT He was damaged in a
climbing accident) However, you can talk about damaging an unborn child • German measles in
pregnancy can damage your baby Use hurt or injure to talk about people suffering physical harm as a
result of an accident, earthquake, hurricane etc • No one was hurt in the car crash • We hoped he
wasn't seriously injured.!! Do not say 'injure someone's health' Say ' damage someone's health '.Use wound to talk about someone being hurt by a weapon such as a gun or a knife • He shot dead three
people and wounded several others • a wounded soldier
destroy, ruin, spoil
Destroy means to damage something so badly that it no longer exists or people can no longer use it •
The earthquake destroyed even the tallest buildings • The rainforests are being destroyed at a
frightening rate If you ruin or spoil something, it still exists, but it has lost all its good qualities or features Ruin is stronger than spoil • The rain ruined my hair • I don't want to spoil your day.