damage
injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
damages, Law. the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained.
Often damages. Informal. cost; expense; charge: What are the damages for the lubrication job on my car?
to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of: He damaged the saw on a nail.
to become damaged: Soft wood damages easily.
Origin of damage
1synonym study For damage
Other words for damage
Other words from damage
- dam·age·a·ble, adjective
- dam·age·a·ble·ness, dam·age·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- dam·ag·er, noun
- non·dam·age·a·ble, adjective
- pre·dam·age, noun, verb (used with object), pre·dam·aged, pre·dam·ag·ing.
- quasi-damaged, adjective
- re·dam·age, verb (used with object), re·dam·aged, re·dam·ag·ing.
- un·dam·age·a·ble, adjective
- un·dam·aged, adjective
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How to use damage in a sentence
The computer model looked at property damage that Sandy caused along the Atlantic coast from Maine to North Carolina.
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Apple IDFA consent: Roughly 60% of consumers open to allowing tracking | Greg Sterling | September 11, 2020 | Search Engine LandIn exchange for this good fortune, they have an obligation to help the emerging economies of the world shift to sustainable development and increase their resilience to the climate damages.
A thinner blade will pass through whatever is being cut more easily, with less damage.
Three Questions to Ask Yourself Before Buying a Knife | Wes Siler | September 3, 2020 | Outside OnlineGiving steroids to people with moderate or mild cases might dampen the immune system too much, allowing the virus to do more damage.
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Politico has reported that some Republican donors see Scalise as damaged goods.
And The Sun Also Rises has Jake sexting Brett a picture of his war-damaged member.
Looters and vandals damaged more than a dozen stores and businesses in Oakland, Calif., news reports said.
This Week's Riots Are Part of America's Long History of Racial Rage | Sharon Adarlo | November 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat night, a crowd of 300 gathered at the scene, and violence broke out: gunshots echoed and police vehicles were damaged.
The 14 Teens Killed by Cops Since Michael Brown | Nina Strochlic | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere was a fear growing inside of me that my imperfect bruised college experience was a reflection of my own damaged self.
The third boat and kite had been damaged beyond repair, but the two left were sufficient.
The Giant of the North | R.M. BallantyneIn Windsor Park, 960 trees were blown down and more than a thousand damaged; 146 shipwrecks occurred on the coasts.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellThe Boston also was slightly damaged, but further than that the American ships suffered little or nothing.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanIn their attacks upon one another loads are forgotten and often seriously damaged.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeSome repairers have been guilty of this practice to a great extent, and many fine instruments have been thus damaged.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph Pearce
British Dictionary definitions for damage
/ (ˈdæmɪdʒ) /
injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing
loss of something desirable
informal cost; expense (esp in the phrase what's the damage?)
(tr) to cause damage to
(intr) to suffer damage
Origin of damage
1Derived forms of damage
- damageable, adjective
- damageability, noun
- damager, noun
- damaging, adjective
- damagingly, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with damage
In addition to the idioms beginning with damage
- damage control
- damaged goods
also see:
- do one wrong (damage)
- the damage
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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