Heal and Wounding

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Heal verb - To restore to a healthy condition.

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Wounding is an antonym for heal.

Nearby Words: healthy, health, healing, healed, healer

Wounding noun - The act of inflicting a wound.

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Heal is an antonym for wounding in topics: cause bodily damage, cause mental hurt.

Nearby Words: wound, wounded

The wounds never quite heal and throb and ache every year on the anniversary of his wounding.

Source: Scars Are Forever

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