damage
noun
injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness.
damaged
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past participleof damage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof damage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
damagenouninjury or harm that reduces value or usefulness.
Example Sentences
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Energy-production facilities and the site’s blast furnace were damaged, and production processes have been partially halted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Early data from Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency indicates that more than 1,000 houses have been damaged, along with dozens of health facilities, schools and government offices.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Berton, the national disaster agency spokesman, said at least 914 houses on the island were severely damaged and hundreds of others to a lesser degree.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Emergency officials said nearly 160 houses, dozens of educational and health facilities and other public buildings were damaged when the earthquake struck the popular tourist island.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The damaged copy of a gene is reconstructed using the complementary strand, or the second copy of the gene, as its guide.*
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
