leg wound

collocation in English

meaningsoflegandwound

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leg
noun[C]
uk
/leɡ/us
/leɡ/
one of the parts of the body of a human or animal that is used for standing ...
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wound
noun[C]
uk
/wuːnd/us
/wuːnd/
a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin or flesh made by ...
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(Definition oflegandwoundfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofleg wound

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Thelegwoundhad become gangrenous.
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He would eventually recover from hislegwound.
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He suffered alegwoundin the process.
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Thelegwoundeffectively ended his career as a fighting soldier.
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Fortunately there was only one victim who endured a minorlegwound.
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The shoulder pain improved somewhat but thelegwoundbecame itchy.
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He took up sculling because thelegwoundput an end to his rugby career.
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Ignoring alegwoundinflicted by the observer's gunfire, he destroyed it with a pointblank burst.
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Miltiades suffered a grievouslegwoundduring the campaign and became incapacitated.
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He was suffering from alegwoundon his left thigh.
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He received alegwound, but ignored it and continued his single-handed fight until his ammunition was exhausted.
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Only afterwards would he allow treatment of hislegwound, and still insisted on remaining with his men.
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During the war he suffered a savage disablinglegwoundwhich left him with serious muscle damage and a permanent limp.
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The accident re-opened and aggravated a previouslegwoundhe had sustained years earlier, to the extent that his doctors found it difficult to treat.
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They followed the blood trail dripping from hislegwoundand actually caught up to a place that was close to where he had made it.
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