"bruise", "combat injury", "hurt", "injure", "injury", "lesion", "offend", "spite" and "wounding"
Both are correct.
Synonym means: a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language. Definition means: the act of defining or making definite, distinct, or clear / the formal statement of the...
Normally one would not use, or need to use another word. However, if your sentence is "God is." then the alternative would be "God exists."
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