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The phrase "a wounding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an act or instance of causing injury or harm, either physically or emotionally.
Example: "The soldier spoke about the deep emotional scars left by a wounding experience during the war."
Alternatives: "an injury" or "a hurt".
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On the other hand, wound activates apoptosis, which could induce proliferation and provide a wounding signal in tissue repair (Fuchs and Steller, 2015).
A wounding embarrassment for a streamlined design guru?
A wounding label for a one-time giant of English football; a selling club.
State-sponsored denial is not a void, a simple absence of truth; it is a wounding instrument.
Shortly after he makes that assertion, though, he learns that there can be many a wounding stumble on that dance floor.
Indeed, in the late 1930s - her finest years - she was sometimes called box-office poison, a wounding badge that she wore with defiance.
She also delivered a wounding line telling him that there were "undocumented immigrants in America who are paying more federal income tax than a billionaire".
Arizona's Nos. 7 and 8 hitters, Alex Romero and Augie Ojeda, reached base in four of five plate appearances against Pelfrey, with Romero supplying a wounding hit.
For people who live free of the threat of police brutality and racist aggression, simply being called racist is a wounding personal attack.
The wins of Mickelson and Kuchar did not matter in the grand scheme, other than for Gallacher, who endured a wounding Ryder Cup on home soil.
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Such an observation suggests that β-Glc Y-treatment in chicory mimics a wounding-/pathogen-response.
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