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dam⋅ag⋅ing

  [dam-i-jing]
Use damaging in a Sentence
–adjective
causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
Origin:
1850–55; damage + -ing 2

Related forms:
dam⋅ag⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

dam⋅age

  [dam-ij] noun, verb, -aged, -ag⋅ing.
–noun
1. injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
2. damages, Law. the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained.
3. Often, damages. Informal. cost; expense; charge: What are the damages for the lubrication job on my car?
–verb (used with object)
4. to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of: He damaged the saw on a nail.
–verb (used without object)
5. to become damaged: Soft wood damages easily.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF, equiv. to dam (< L damnum damage, fine) + -age -age; see damn

Related forms:
dam⋅age⋅a⋅ble, adjective
dam⋅age⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, dam⋅age⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
dam⋅ag⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. loss. Damage, detriment, harm, mischief refer to injuries of various kinds. Damage is the kind of injury or the effect of injury that directly impairs appearance, value, usefulness, soundness, etc.: Fire causes damage to property. Detriment is a falling off from an original condition as the result of damage, depreciation, devaluation, etc.: Overeating is a detriment to health. Harm may denote either physical hurt or mental, moral, or spiritual injury: bodily harm; harm to one's self-confidence. Mischief may be damage, harm, trouble, or misfortune caused by a person, esp. if maliciously: an enemy who would do one mischief. 4. impair, hurt.
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dam·age   (dām'ĭj)   
n.  
  1. Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.
  2. damages Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.
  3. Informal Cost; price.
v.   dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es

v.   tr.
To cause damage to.
v.   intr.
To suffer or be susceptible to damage.

[Middle English, from Old French : dam, loss (from Latin damnum) + -age, -age.]
dam'age·a·bil'i·ty n., dam'age·a·ble adj., dam'ag·ing·ly adv.
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