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damage
[ dam-ij ]
noun
- injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness:
The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
Synonyms:
- 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?
verb (used with object)
- to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of:
He damaged the saw on a nail.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used without object)
- to become damaged:
Soft wood damages easily.
damage
/ ˈæɪ /
noun
- 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? )
verb
- tr to cause damage to
- intr to suffer damage
Derived Forms
- ˌ岹ˈٲ, noun
- ˈ岹Բ, adverb
- ˈ岹Բ, adjective
- ˈ岹, adjective
- ˈ岹, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- 岹a·· adjective
- 岹a···ness 岹a··i·ٲ noun
- 岹a· noun
- non·岹a·· adjective
- ·岹a noun verb (used with object) predamaged predamaging
- ܲȴ-岹a adjective
- ·岹a verb (used with object) redamaged redamaging
- un·岹a·· adjective
- ܲ·岹a adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of damage1
Idioms and Phrases
- do one wrong (damage)
- the damage
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Freeman did the damage out wide to take the game away from Clermont but the England star who typified Saints' fightback and subsequent dominance was Pollock.
Zelensky wrote on social media that at least five buildings had been damaged in Friday's strike: "There is only one reason why this continues: Russia doesn't want a ceasefire, and we see it."
The little boy sustained severe injuries in an assault that left him blind and brain damaged.
He also suffered damage to his neck cartilage and nerves, preventing the choir member from singing.
Meanwhile, the exhaust from rocket boosters and the shuttle cloud itself can cause local damage to vegetation.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from 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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