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?
verb (used with object),dam·aged,dam·ag·ing.
to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of: He damaged the saw on a nail.
verb (used without object),dam·aged,dam·ag·ing.
to become damaged: Soft wood damages easily.
Origin of damage
1250–1300; Middle English <Old French, equivalent to dam (<Latin damnum damage, fine) + -age-age; see damn
SYNONYMS FOR damage
1 loss.
4 impair, hurt.
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synonym study for damage
1. 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, especially if maliciously: an enemy who would do one mischief.
pre·dam·age,noun,verb (used with object),pre·dam·aged,pre·dam·ag·ing.quasi-damaged,adjectivere·dam·age,verb (used with object),re·dam·aged,re·dam·ag·ing.un·dam·age·a·ble,adjectiveun·dam·aged,adjective
The computer model looked at property damage that Sandy caused along the Atlantic coast from Maine to North Carolina.
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A thinner blade will pass through whatever is being cut more easily, with less damage.
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Giving steroids to people with moderate or mild cases might dampen the immune system too much, allowing the virus to do more damage.
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That night, a crowd of 300 gathered at the scene, and violence broke out: gunshots echoed and police vehicles were damaged.
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There was a fear growing inside of me that my imperfect bruised college experience was a reflection of my own damaged self.
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They are needed, he says, because a lot of the medical gear and medicines the U.S. dropped Sunday night was damaged.
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His vessel, named “Never Give Up,” was damaged during transportation.
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Movements that tend to put the damaged ligaments on the stretch also cause pain.
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He was a mighty promising tackle last year until Desmond got damaged and we had to have a full-back in a hurry.
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The mahout hurried to my rescue and then examined the damaged tail of his animal.
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"I agree with you," Whitney said; and they planned to ship the damaged machine to Hawick and to walk back across the hills.
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Amenemhat's buildings in the Fayoum may have been damaged, but they were not demolished.
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British Dictionary definitions for damage
damage
/ (ˈdæmɪdʒ) /
noun
injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing
loss of something desirable
informalcost; expense (esp in the phrase what's the damage?)