flesh wound

Noun

Meaning

a wound that does not damage important internal organs or shatter any bones

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Examples

According to Chen, the bullet left a flesh wound that was 11 cm long and 2 cm deep and was found in his clothes. Source: Internet

And the best part had to be that regardless of the number of explosions or rounds fired, nobody ever got seriously hurt except for the occasional flesh wound of a team member." Source: Internet

Bradford, p. 205 The wound was immediately inspected by Vanguard ' s surgeon Michael Jefferson, who informed the admiral that it was a simple flesh wound and stitched the skin together. Source: Internet

The flesh wound he received, however, soon gave him tropical fever that resembled the malaria he had contracted while in Cuba fifteen years before. Source: Internet

Australian investors appear to be treating the latter number as a mere flesh wound, and despite China and Australia’s tense relations, core exports will stay intact. Source: Internet

Even a Covid-19 slowdown from the US and Europe impacting exports would only be a mere flesh wound at this stage, especially with vaccines now on the horizon. Source: Internet

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