"vulnerate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: vulnerates [present, singular, third-person], vulnerating [participle, present], vulnerated [participle, past], vulnerated [past]
Etymology: Latin vulnero Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vulnero}} Latin vulnero Head templates: {{en-verb}} vulnerate (third-person singular simple present vulnerates, present participle vulnerating, simple past and past participle vulnerated)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To wound, cause to become vulnerable. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-vulnerate-en-verb-qTbTrQzf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Synonyms: damage, harm, abuse, annoy [archaic], bewound, damage, damnify [obsolete], dere [UK, archaic, dialectal], do damage to, do for [UK], do ill, do violence to, forwork [archaic], grieve [archaic], harm, harrow, hurt, injure, maul, misdo [archaic], put someone in hospital [UK], scaith [Scotland], scathe, vulnerate [archaic], wet [slang], wound

Inflected forms

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