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verletzen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aggrieve verb To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
  • hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
  • infringe verb To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
  • injure verb To physically hurt a person or animal.
  • invade verb To enter a country or territory by force in order to take control of it.
  • offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
  • scathe noun Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
  • violate verb To break or fail to comply with a law, rule, or agreement.
  • wound noun An injury where the skin is cut, pierced, or torn.

Senses

verletzen is used for these senses in English:

  • aggrieve (transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
  • hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
  • infringe (transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
  • invade To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
  • scathe (figuratively) To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
  • violate (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
  • wound (transitive) To hurt or injure (someone) by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin.

aggrieve — full definition

  1. verb To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
  2. verb To grieve; to lament.

hurt — full definition

  1. verb To cause physical pain or injury.
  2. verb To cause emotional pain or distress.
  3. verb To damage or have a negative effect on something.
  4. adj Injured, either physically or emotionally.
  5. noun Physical injury or emotional pain.

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