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
Words Nearby damage
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How to use damage in a sentence
The company says it can scan an entire vehicle for damage using a smartphone camera in around 60 seconds, calculating cost of repair on the fly.
Here are the 19 companies presenting at Alchemist Accelerator Demo Day XXV today | Greg Kumparak | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchViolations have prompted other citizen group lawsuits like the one against Bluestone and scientific studies that warned of stream damage from the selenium discharged by mining operations.
This Billionaire Governor’s Coal Company Might Get a Big Break From His Own Regulators | by Ken Ward Jr. | September 17, 2020 | ProPublicaEach one did billions of dollars of damage to buildings, roads and other property.
Soggy coastal soils? Here’s why ecologists love them | Alison Pearce Stevens | September 17, 2020 | Science News For StudentsTo take just one example, the devastating Wine Country Fires in October 2017 did more than $9 billion worth of damage in a single month.
Suppressing fires has failed. Here’s what California needs to do instead. | James Temple | September 17, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewWeatherCheck, cofounded by Y Combinator graduates Demetrius Gray and Jermaine Watkins, identifies weather-related property damage so that homeowners can file claims with their insurers.
Opportunity Zones haven’t fully reached their potential, but don’t write them off yet | jakemeth | September 16, 2020 | Fortune
“At the moment there are no signs of damage,” Marino told The Daily Beast.
If the operation caused no physical damage, it would be in bounds.
That means any response that could result in physical damage inside North Korea is off the table.
We could theoretically cause a lot of damage should we take that route.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea | Shane Harris, Tim Mak | December 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe building had to be rebuilt in 1963 after extensive damage from the Second World War was finally deemed irreparable.
The “Compañia General de Tabacos” lost about ₱30,000 in cash in addition to the damage done to their offices and property.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanNever grasp a Fern plant from above and try to pull it away, as this will be almost sure to result in damage.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinGreat care is necessary when removing the Ferns to do as little damage as possible to the roots.
How to Know the Ferns | S. Leonard BastinIf mistakes are made they happen rarely and the resources of the accepting houses are easily able to repair the damage.
Readings in Money and Banking | Chester Arthur PhillipsTornadoes occurred in Alabama, Missouri and Illinois, accompanied with extensive damage to property.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
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
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