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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:Law.Ģżdamages, the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained.
Informal.ĢżOften damages. 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
/ Ė»åƦ³¾ÉŖ»åĻō /
noun
injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing
loss of something desirable
informalĢżcost; expense (esp in the phrase what's the damage? )
verb
(tr) to cause damage to
(intr) to suffer damage
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- damageable adjective
- damageableness noun
- damageability noun
- damager noun
- nondamageable adjective
- predamage noun
- quasi-damaged adjective
- redamage verb (used with object)
- undamageable adjective
- undamaged adjective
- Ė»å²¹³¾²¹²µ±š²¹Ė²ś¾±±ō¾±³Ł²ā noun
- Ė»å²¹³¾²¹²µ¾±²Ō²µ±ō²ā adverb
- Ė»å²¹³¾²¹²µ¾±²Ō²µ adjective
- Ė»å²¹³¾²¹²µ±š²¹²ś±ō±š adjective
- Ė»å²¹³¾²¹²µ±š°ł noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of damage1
Idioms and Phrases
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Mr Reilly returned to the property in the early hours to try to survey the damage and saw firefighters helping an older person to safety.
A structural engineers report from December 2024 said the tower was "stable" but it concluded the "underlying structure will worsen over time" because of "significant damage caused by the fire".
Israel has struck dozens of targets across Iran, damaging the uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and assassinating top military commanders and nuclear scientists in Tehran.
"Guernsey performs well compared to other jurisdictions on the average number of minutes lost per customer per year through faults and cable damage, with 99.9% availability of supply maintained across the year," the company said.
āIn the end, these criminals are getting a few years of prison time for ruining the lives of so many people and forever damaging so many people. Itās a slap on the wrist.ā
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