Some common synonyms of injure are damage, harm, hurt, impair, and mar. While all these words mean "to affect injuriously," injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success. When might damage be a better fit than injure? The words damage and injure are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. More @Wikipedia
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