The word "injure" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when referring to physical harm caused by an accident, violence, or other cause. For example, "He was injured in a car accident and had to be rushed to the hospital.".
A Washington Post article published on Wednesday revealed vague details of a police document that quoted a prisoner who had been placed in the same police van as Gray – though in a separate compartment – as saying Gray had been "trying to injure himself".
If I'm doing it alone, I'm likely to injure my back.
And they all "played their respective roles" in the plan to make a bomb or bombs, which would be used "to kill or injure citizens of the UK", said Mr Waters.
If there is probable cause to suspect an individual of working with terrorists, seeking to injure or murder other Americans, we need to have the tools to prevent those attacks before they occur".
I was on the field, playing for the shirt from my country, not without the intent to injure.
Mum is now convinced he will injure or kill a patient so she consults me on how to stop him.
Sometimes I push through that, but I think that over the years I've got a bit smarter in deciding that it's not feeling like a good day to run – maybe I'm feeling a bit sick, or I feel like I might injure myself, and I decide to pull back.
Awesome tool! I started using it one year ago and I never had to look for another app
Ha Thuy Vy
MA of Applied Linguistic, Maquarie University, Australia