the wounded

noun

: people who have been wounded
They carried the wounded off the battlefield.

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Then the land drones appeared, tasked with delivering and even evacuating the wounded. Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025 In the absence of health care in Khartoum, the sick and the wounded were trapped with nowhere to go for medical attention. Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 27 May 2025 Marathon Fire Rescue paramedics responded to the crash, and Monroe County Fire Rescue’s Trauma Star air ambulance transported the wounded to the mainland, officials said. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025 In Gaza, medics have used Starlink while healing the wounded. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the wounded

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“The wounded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20wounded. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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