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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Six damaged or destroyed aircraft at the airport have a combined total insured value of about $375 million, according to an insurance report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Rather than replacing the damaged joint, doctors use a thin catheter to deliver microscopic particles directly into specific blood vessels.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
A Cadent spokesperson said the pipe was "severely damaged by a private construction team" and stressed the work that caused the damage "had nothing to do with Cadent or its pipework".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
This September, the department ordered the building’s owner to “immediately remove all fired damaged debris that pose a Present, immenent, extreme and immediate hazard or danger to life or limb, health or safety.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
If it's damaged, you will lose the ability to speak.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
