Complete the sentences with the words below.

Write one word in each gap.

wounds, fractures, frostbitten, blaze, excruciating

Elderly people are most at risk of hip [ ] because bones tend to weaken with age.

The doctor told me that the pain would be [ ] and he was right.

The firemen think the [ ] started in the attic.

He had severe [ ], but he survived.

Oliver's fingers were [ ] because he had been lying in the snow for a long time.