war wound
Combat-inflicted trauma
A war wound is an injury sustained in armed combat.
The term carries weight beyond medical description—it implies service, sacrifice, and often lasting physical or psychological damage.
Veterans may bear war wounds for life: He still walks with a limp from an old war wound.
The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for damage from any intense conflict.
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- combat injuryHarm from military action
- scarPermanent mark from healing
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- shell shockWar-induced psychological trauma
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- war casualtiescasualties, killed in action, fallen soldiers, fallen soldier, missing in action
- skin injuriescut, scrape, scratch, bruise, burn
war woundtraining accident
Injury while preparing
sports injury · workplace injury · accidental injury · industrial accident · birth defect
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