Definition of the word damage

Noun



The items were carefully wrapped to protect them from damage during shipping.



The city sustained heavy damage during the war.



Fortunately the boat suffered no serious damage in the storm.



The fall caused considerable damage to her knee.



The disease is known to cause permanent brain damage.



The scandal caused significant damage to her career.



You’ve said enough. Please leave before you do any more damage.



He tried to repair the damage by apologizing.



He apologized, but the damage was already done.

Verb



Please return any items that are damaged during shipping.



Many homes were damaged or completely destroyed in the fire.



The fall severely damaged her knee.



Smoking can seriously damage your lungs.



The scandal significantly damaged her career.



This news will damage his reputation.



He was worried that his comments had damaged their relationship.



He’s trying to repair his damaged reputation.

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урон, повреждение, ущерб, вред, порча, убыток, повредить, повреждать, наносить ущерб

существительное

- вред, повреждение; поломка, порча; убыток, ущерб, урон

- pl. юр. убытки; компенсация за убытки, возмещение убытков

action for /of/ damages — иск о возмещении убытков
to claim damages — требовать возмещения убытков
to repair /to pay/ the damages — возмещать убытки
to sue for a thousand dollars in damages — требовать через суд тысячу долларов в порядке компенсации за убытки
to recover damages — получать компенсацию за убытки
to be awarded damages — получить право на возмещение убытков

- часто pl разг. стоимость, расход

What’s the damage? — Сколько с меня?
I’ll stand the damages — я плачу, я угощаю, угощенье за мой счёт

- уст. невыгода, неудобство

глагол

- повреждать, портить; причинять ущерб, убыток

to damage a house [a ship] — повредить дом [судно]
the luggage was badly damaged by fire [in transit] — багаж сильно пострадал от огня [при перевозке]
war damages cities — война несёт разрушение городам

- вредить, мешать, портить

this will damage his prospects — это повредит его карьере
her face was not damaged by time — время не оставило следов на её лице

- повредить; подбить, ушибить

to damage one’s nose [eye] — разбить нос [подбить глаз]
her appearance was damaged — на её лице были следы ушибов /ударов/

- дискредитировать, чернить, пятнать

his reputation was damaged — его репутация была подорвана

- редк. портиться

Мои примеры

Словосочетания

a house guarantied against termite damage — дом с гарантией от термитов  
collateral target damage from a bombing run — сопутствующий урон от бомбардировки цели  
fire damage, damage from the fire — повреждения от пожара  
brain damage — разрушение, повреждение мозга  
property damage — имущественный ущерб  
grave / great / serious / severe damage — тяжёлый ущерб  
grave damage to smb.’s reputation — тяжёлый удар по чьей-л. репутации  
irreparable damage — невосстановимые убытки, потери  
light / slight damage — незначительные убытки, потери, повреждение  
to cause / do / inflict damage on — причинять вред, наносить ущерб  
to suffer / sustain damage — получать повреждение, терпеть убытки  
damage by damp — порча под воздействием сырости  

Примеры с переводом

What’s the damage?

Сколько с меня?

The snow damaged the roof.

Снег повредил крышу.

The house was damaged by fire.

Дом пострадал от огня.

His reputation was badly damaged.

Его репутация сильно пострадала.

The damage cannot be undone.

Этот ущерб нельзя возместить.

I have billed him for the damage.

Я выставил ему счет за ущерб.

Was there much damage to the car?

Сильно ли была повреждена машина?

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

Smoking can seriously damage your lungs.

The storm caused widespread damage.

There may be permanent brain damage .

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке , напротив примера.

Возможные однокоренные слова

damageable  — легко повреждаемый, легко портящийся
damaged  — поврежденный, испорченный
damages  — убытки
damaging  — повредить, повреждать, наносить ущерб, портить, дискредитировать, позорить
endamage  — наносить ущерб, вредить, повреждать

Формы слова

verb
I/you/we/they: damage
he/she/it: damages
ing ф. (present participle): damaging
2-я ф. (past tense): damaged
3-я ф. (past participle): damaged


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dam·age

 (dăm′ĭj)

n.

1. Destruction or a loss in value, usefulness, or ability resulting from an action or event.

2. damages Law Money required to be paid as compensation for an injury or wrong.

3. Informal Cost; price: What’s the damage for the tickets to the show?

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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damage

(ˈdæmɪdʒ)

n

1. injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing

2. loss of something desirable

3. informal cost; expense (esp in the phrase what’s the damage?)

vb

4. (tr) to cause damage to

5. (intr) to suffer damage

[C14: from Old French, from Latin damnum injury, loss, fine]

ˈdamageable adj

ˌdamageaˈbility n

ˈdamager n

ˈdamaging adj

ˈdamagingly adv

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

dam•age

(ˈdæm ɪdʒ)

n., v. -aged, -ag•ing. n.

1. injury or harm that reduces value, usefulness, etc.

2. damages, the estimated money equivalent for loss or injury sustained.

3. Often, damages.Informal. cost; expense; charge: What are the damages for the work on my car?

v.t.

4. to cause damage to.

v.i.

5. to become damaged.

[1250–1300; < Old French dam (< Latin damnum damage, fine) see damn]

dam′age•a•ble, adj.

dam′age•a•bil`i•ty, n.

dam′ag•er, n.

Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

damage

1. ‘damage’ and ‘harm’

Damage is one of several verbs which refer to ways of causing injury or harm. Damage and harm are the most general verbs.

It is important for a child to learn that one should not damage someone else’s property.

Too much detergent cannot harm a fabric, so long as it has been properly dissolved.

2. severe damage

The following verbs refer to severe damage or harm of a general kind:

defile desecrate destroy devastate mangle
mutilate pull apart ravage ruin vandalize
wreck  

The statue was destroyed.

Shops, cars and houses were ruined in the blasts.

Defile and desecrate are used to refer to damage done to something precious, pure, or sacred.

They began to find their places of worship desecrated with blood and mud.

3. damage to someone’s body

The following verbs refer to damage done to a person’s body:

Every year thousands of people are injured in accidents at work.

During the war he had been wounded in Africa.

Injure and wound are the most general terms, although wound is used mainly to refer to injuries caused in fighting. If someone is bruised, their skin is not broken but a purple mark appears. People are stabbed with something pointed, such as a knife.

4. spoiling

The following verbs refer to acts which spoil the appearance or surface of something:

deface discolour disfigure mark scar
smear smudge spoil stain  

He was strongly cautioned against defacing the walls with obscenities.

When he untied the bundle in his kitchen, there were five oily guns staining the white cloth.

Deface, disfigure, mark, and spoil are the most general terms.

5. cutting

The following verbs are used to refer to damage done with a knife, axe, or other sharp instrument:

cut chop gash hack lacerate
lop off nick pierce score scratch
sever slash slice slit  

Their clothes were slashed to ribbons.

The wire had been neatly severed.

If you cut, chop, hack, lop, slash, or slice part of something off, you remove it.

Most of my hair had to be cut off.

Only lop has to be used with off; you can use the other five verbs without ‘off’ to refer to damage that does not remove part of the object.

You can also sever part of something. Sever is a formal word.

One constable’s hand was severed by a sword blow.

If you score or scratch something, you make a thin line in its surface. If you nick something, you make a small cut in it. The other verbs refer to bigger or deeper cuts.

6. dividing into pieces

The following verbs refer to dividing something hard by force into two or more pieces, or dividing one part of it from another:

break chip crack fracture shatter
smash snap splinter split  

A crowd of youths started smashing windows.

Crack the eggs into a bowl.

If you chip or splinter something, you break a small piece of it off. If you crack something, a line appears where two parts of it are no longer joined. The other verbs refer to more serious damage.

You tear, rip, or shred cloth or paper.

She took the cheque and tore it into pieces.

A twig ripped a hole in my sleeve.

You burst something that is completely full of air or liquid, such as a balloon.

If you crumble, crush, or pulverize something, you press it so that it becomes a mass of small pieces.

I crumbled bread in my hands.

Peel and crush the garlic.

7. changing the shape

The following verbs refer to acts which damage something by changing its shape:

bend crumple dent flatten squash
twist  

He crumpled each picture and threw it on the floor.

The large bronze urns were dented beyond restoring.

Crush can also be used with this meaning when you are talking about cloth or paper.

Her dress had got crushed.

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damage

Past participle: damaged
Gerund: damaging

Imperative
damage
damage
Present
I damage
you damage
he/she/it damages
we damage
you damage
they damage
Preterite
I damaged
you damaged
he/she/it damaged
we damaged
you damaged
they damaged
Present Continuous
I am damaging
you are damaging
he/she/it is damaging
we are damaging
you are damaging
they are damaging
Present Perfect
I have damaged
you have damaged
he/she/it has damaged
we have damaged
you have damaged
they have damaged
Past Continuous
I was damaging
you were damaging
he/she/it was damaging
we were damaging
you were damaging
they were damaging
Past Perfect
I had damaged
you had damaged
he/she/it had damaged
we had damaged
you had damaged
they had damaged
Future
I will damage
you will damage
he/she/it will damage
we will damage
you will damage
they will damage
Future Perfect
I will have damaged
you will have damaged
he/she/it will have damaged
we will have damaged
you will have damaged
they will have damaged
Future Continuous
I will be damaging
you will be damaging
he/she/it will be damaging
we will be damaging
you will be damaging
they will be damaging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been damaging
you have been damaging
he/she/it has been damaging
we have been damaging
you have been damaging
they have been damaging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been damaging
you will have been damaging
he/she/it will have been damaging
we will have been damaging
you will have been damaging
they will have been damaging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been damaging
you had been damaging
he/she/it had been damaging
we had been damaging
you had been damaging
they had been damaging
Conditional
I would damage
you would damage
he/she/it would damage
we would damage
you would damage
they would damage
Past Conditional
I would have damaged
you would have damaged
he/she/it would have damaged
we would have damaged
you would have damaged
they would have damaged

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun 1. damage - the occurrence of a change for the worsedamage — the occurrence of a change for the worse

impairment, harm

alteration, change, modification — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; «the change was intended to increase sales»; «this storm is certainly a change for the worse»; «the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago»

detriment, hurt — a damage or loss

deformation, distortion — a change for the worse

ravel, ladder, run — a row of unravelled stitches; «she got a run in her stocking»

2. damage — loss of military equipment

equipment casualty

battle damage, combat casualty — loss of military equipment in battle

operational casualty, operational damage — loss of military equipment in field operations

casualty — a decrease of military personnel or equipment

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine — the military forces of a nation; «their military is the largest in the region»; «the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker»

3. damage — the act of damaging something or someone

scathe, harm, hurt

change of integrity — the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something

impairment — damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement — the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; «the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion»; «he objected to the dam’s massive disfigurement of the landscape»

wounding — the act of inflicting a wound

burn — damage inflicted by fire

4. damage - the amount of money needed to purchase somethingdamage — the amount of money needed to purchase something; «the price of gasoline»; «he got his new car on excellent terms»; «how much is the damage?»

price, terms

cost — the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

asking price, selling price — the price at which something is offered for sale

bid price — (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security

closing price — (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day’s trading session

factory price — price charged for goods picked up at the factory

highway robbery — an exorbitant price; «what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery»

purchase price — the price at which something is actually purchased

cash price, spot price — the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market

support level — (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors

valuation — assessed price; «the valuation of this property is much too high»

5. damage — any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

legal injury, wrong

injury — wrongdoing that violates another’s rights and is unjustly inflicted

Verb 1. damage — inflict damage upon; «The snow damaged the roof»; «She damaged the car when she hit the tree»

alter, change, modify — cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; «The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city»; «The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue»

burn — burn with heat, fire, or radiation; «The iron burnt a hole in my dress»

frost — damage by frost; «The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown»

bilge — cause to leak; «the collision bilged the vessel»

break — render inoperable or ineffective; «You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!»

total — damage beyond the point of repair; «My son totaled our new car»; «the rock star totals his guitar at every concert»

bruise — damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; «The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them»

disturb — damage as if by shaking or jarring; «Don’t disturb the patient’s wounds by moving him too rapidly!»

afflict, smite — cause physical pain or suffering in; «afflict with the plague»

injure, hurt — cause damage or affect negatively; «Our business was hurt by the new competition»

impair — make worse or less effective; «His vision was impaired»

flaw, blemish — add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

corrode, rust, eat — cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; «The acid corroded the metal»; «The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink»

eat away, erode, fret — remove soil or rock; «Rain eroded the terraces»

mutilate, cut up, mangle — destroy or injure severely; «The madman mutilates art work»

shatter — damage or destroy; «The news of her husband’s death shattered her life»

mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil — make imperfect; «nothing marred her beauty»

wear away, whittle away, whittle down — cut away in small pieces

bang up, smash up, smash — damage or destroy as if by violence; «The teenager banged up the car of his mother»

2. damage — suffer or be susceptible to damage; «These fine china cups damage easily»

change — undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature; «She changed completely as she grew older»; «The weather changed last night»

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

damage

verb

1. spoil, hurt, injure, smash, harm, ruin, crush, devastate, mar, wreck, shatter, weaken, gut, demolish, undo, trash (slang), total (slang), impair, ravage, mutilate, annihilate, incapacitate, raze, deface, play (merry) hell with (informal) He damaged the car with a baseball bat.
spoil improve, fix, repair, mend, better

noun

1. destruction, harm, loss, injury, suffering, hurt, ruin, crushing, wrecking, shattering, devastation, detriment, mutilation, impairment, annihilation, ruination There have been many reports of minor damage to buildings.
destruction gain, improvement, reparation

3. (Informal) cost, price, charge, rate, bill, figure, amount, total, payment, expense, outlay What’s the damage for these tickets?

plural noun

1. (Law) compensation, fine, payment, satisfaction, amends, reparation, indemnity, restitution, reimbursement, atonement, recompense, indemnification, meed (archaic), requital He was vindicated in court and damages were awarded.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

damage

noun

1. An act, instance, or consequence of breaking:

2. The action or result of inflicting loss or pain:

verb

To spoil the soundness or perfection of:

blemish, detract from, disserve, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate.

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Translations

poškoditpoškozeníškodaodškodné

skadebeskadigeerstatningødelægge

vauriovaurioittaavahingoittaavahinko

oštetitišteta

kármegkárosítmegrongáltönkretesz

skaîabæturskaîi, tjónskemma

損傷損傷する

손상손상하다

apgadintiatlyginimas už nuostoliussugadinimassužalojimasžala

bojājumskompensācija par zaudējumiempostījumssabojātsapostīt

avarie

odškodné

poškodovatiškoda

skada

ความเสียหายทำให้ได้รับอันตราย

làm hư hạithiệt hại

damage

[ˈdæmɪdʒ]

A. N

2. (fig) (to chances, reputation etc) → perjuicio m, daño m
to do or cause damage to sth/sbcausar perjuicio a algo/algn, perjudicar algo/a algn
the damage is doneel daño ya está hecho
what’s the damage? (= cost) → ¿cuánto va a ser?, ¿qué se debe?

Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

damage

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

damage

(ˈdӕmidʒ) noun

1. injury or hurt, especially to a thing. The storm did/caused a lot of damage; She suffered brain-damage as a result of the accident.

2. (in plural) payment for loss or injury suffered. The court awarded him $5,000 damages.

verb

to make less effective or less usable etc; to spoil. The bomb damaged several buildings; The book was damaged in the post.

ˈdamaged adjective

(negative undamaged). a damaged table.

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

damage

ضَرَر, يَضُرُ poškodit, poškození skade beschädigen, Schaden βλάβη, βλάπτω dañar, daño vahingoittaa, vaurio dommage, endommager oštetiti, šteta danneggiare, danno 損傷, 損傷する 손상, 손상하다 beschadigen, schade skade szkoda, uszkodzić danificar, dano наносить ущерб, ущерб skada ความเสียหาย, ทำให้ได้รับอันตราย zarar, zarar vermek làm hư hại, thiệt hại 损害

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

dam·age

n. daño, deterioro, lesión;

v. dañar, perjudicar; dañarse, perjudicarse.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

  • I’d like to arrange a collision damage waiver

Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

damage

n daño; brain — daño cerebral; vt dañar, hacer daño

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

Английский[править]

damage I[править]

Морфологические и синтаксические свойства[править]

ед. ч. мн. ч.
damage damages

damage

Существительное.

Корень: .

Произношение[править]

  • МФА (США): ед. ч. [‘dæmɪʤ]  мн. ч. []

Семантические свойства[править]

Значение[править]

  1. вред, повреждение; дефект, поломка; убыток, ущерб, урон ◆ Fortunately there was no damage done. — К счастью, не было нанесено никакого ущерба.
  2. (damages) юр. убытки ◆ To claim damages — Требовать возмещения убытков
  3. разг. стоимость, расход ◆ What’s the damage? — Почём?

Синонимы[править]

  1. injury
  2. fine, compensation

Антонимы[править]

Гиперонимы[править]

Гипонимы[править]

Родственные слова[править]

Ближайшее родство

Этимология[править]

От лат. damnum «убыток, потеря», из праиндоевр. *dap-. Использованы материалы Online Etymology Dictionary Дугласа Харпера. См. Список литературы.

Фразеологизмы и устойчивые сочетания[править]

  • damage control
  • damage limitation
  • the damage is done

damage II[править]

Морфологические и синтаксические свойства[править]

damage

Глагол, правильный.

Корень: .

Произношение[править]

  • МФА (США): [‘dæmɪʤ

Семантические свойства[править]

Значение[править]

  1. повреждать, портить; наносить ущерб, убыток ◆ Many buildings were badly damaged during the war. — Во время войны многие здания получили серьёзные повреждения.
  2. дискредитировать, пятнать, чернить ◆ His reputation was badly damaged. — Его репутация сильно пострадала.

Синонимы[править]

  1. harm, hurt

Антонимы[править]

Гиперонимы[править]

Гипонимы[править]

Родственные слова[править]

Ближайшее родство

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От лат. damnum «убыток, потеря», из праиндоевр. *dap-. Использованы материалы Online Etymology Dictionary Дугласа Харпера. См. Список литературы.

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damage

Существительное, мужской род.

Корень: .

Встречается также вариант написания: domaige, dammage, domage.

Произношение[править]

Семантические свойства[править]

Значение[править]

  1. вред, урон ◆ Отсутствует пример употребления (см. рекомендации).
  2. опасность ◆ Отсутствует пример употребления (см. рекомендации).
  3. фин. убыток ◆ Отсутствует пример употребления (см. рекомендации).

Синонимы[править]

Антонимы[править]

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Гипонимы[править]

Родственные слова[править]

Ближайшее родство

Этимология[править]

Происходит от лат. damnum «убыток, потеря», из праиндоевр. *dap-.

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  • Defenition of the word damage

    • An injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing.
      (Source: CED)
    • To put a thing in bad condition by making it suffer some damage.
    • To mar the surface or appearance of.
    • inflict damage upon; «The snow damaged the roof»; «She damaged the car when she hit the tree»
    • loss of military equipment
    • the act of damaging something or someone
    • the occurrence of a change for the worse
    • the amount of money needed to purchase something; «the price of gasoline»; «he got his new car on excellent terms»; «how much is the damage?»
    • a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right
    • any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
    • the amount of money needed to purchase something
    • inflict damage upon
    • suffer or be susceptible to damage

Synonyms for the word damage

    • break
    • compensation
    • dent
    • destruction
    • equipment casualty
    • fine
    • harm
    • hurt
    • impairment
    • injure
    • injury
    • legal injury
    • mutilation
    • price
    • scathe
    • scratch
    • smash up
    • spoil
    • terms
    • wound
    • wrong

Similar words in the damage

    • damage
    • damage’s
    • damaged
    • damages

Hyponyms for the word damage

    • afflict
    • asking price
    • bang up
    • battle damage
    • bid price
    • bilge
    • blemish
    • break
    • bruise
    • burn
    • cash price
    • closing price
    • combat casualty
    • corrode
    • cut up
    • defacement
    • defloration
    • deflower
    • deformation
    • detriment
    • disfiguration
    • disfigurement
    • distortion
    • disturb
    • eat
    • eat away
    • erode
    • factory price
    • flaw
    • fret
    • frost
    • highway robbery
    • hurt
    • impair
    • impairment
    • injure
    • ladder
    • mangle
    • mar
    • mutilate
    • operational casualty
    • operational damage
    • purchase price
    • ravel
    • run
    • rust
    • selling price
    • shatter
    • smash
    • smash up
    • smite
    • spoil
    • spot price
    • support level
    • total
    • valuation
    • vitiate
    • wear away
    • whittle away
    • whittle down
    • wound
    • wounding

Hypernyms for the word damage

    • actus reus
    • alter
    • alteration
    • casualty
    • change
    • change of integrity
    • cost
    • injury
    • misconduct
    • modification
    • modify
    • wrongdoing
    • wrongful conduct

Idioms for the word damage

    • damage control
    • damage limitation
    • the damage is done

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Damage is any change in a thing, often a physical object, that degrades it away from its initial state. It can broadly be defined as «changes introduced into a system that adversely affect its current or future performance».[1] Damage «does not necessarily imply total loss of system functionality, but rather that the system is no longer operating in its optimal manner».[1] Damage to physical objects is «the progressive physical process by which they break»,[2]: 1.  and includes mechanical stress that weakens a structure, even if this is not visible.[2]: ix. 

Physical damage[edit]

Damage to a gas station in Texas caused by a hurricane

Damage to cabbage leaves caused by insects

Damage caused by military action in the Gulf War

All physical damage begins on the atomic level, with the shifting or breaking of atomic bonds, and the rate at which damage to any physical thing occurs is therefore largely dependent on the elasticity of such bonds in the material being subjected to stress. Damage can occur where atomic bonds are not completely broken, but are shifted to create unstable pockets of concentration and diffusion of the material, which are more susceptible to later breakage.[2]: 1.  The effect of outside forces on a material depends on the relative elasticity or plasticity of the material; if a material tends towards elasticity, then changes to its consistency are reversible, and it can bounce back from potential damage. However, if the material tends towards plasticity, then such changes are permanent, and each such change increases the possibility of a crack or fault appearing in the material.[2]: 2–3. 

Although all damage at the atomic level manifests as broken atomic bonds, the manifestation of damage at the macroscopic level depends on the material, and can include cracks and deformation, as well as structural weakening that is not visible.[2]: 4. 

Damage to objects[edit]

Damage to structures and other objects can take a number of forms, such as fire damage caused by the effects of burning, water damage done by water to materials not resistant to its effects, and radiation damage due to ionizing radiation. Some kinds of damage are specific to vehicles and mechanical or electronic systems, such as foreign object damage caused by the presence of any foreign substance, debris, or article; hydrogen damage due to interactions between metals and hydrogen; and damage mechanics, which includes damage to materials due to cyclic mechanical loads. When an object has been damaged, it may be possible to repair the object, thereby restoring it to its original condition, or to a new condition that allows it to function despite the damage.

Damage can be intentional or accidental. When an object or building is deliberately damaged, the act can be socially significant as a way to degrade the meaning of the object. Though things can have multiple meanings, in circumstances where they are deliberately damaged one meaning—which prompts the act—takes precedence.[3]

Damage to living organisms[edit]

Damage to a living organism may be referred to as an injury.[4] The kinds of damage experienced by living things range from microscopic direct DNA damage and cell damage in a biological cell, to damage to larger systems such as nerve damage, brain damage, and articular cartilage damage. Damage to the body on a larger scale is often referred to as trauma. Ageing is accompanied by a loss of ability to recover quickly from various kinds of biological damage. Damage is one of two factors proposed to influence biological ageing[5] (the other being programmed factors follow a biological timetable). Damage-related factors include internal and environmental assaults to living organisms that induce cumulative damage at various levels.[6]

Other concepts of damage[edit]

Damage that occurs as an unintended consequence of an effort to cause intentional damage elsewhere, such as with a military operation, is called collateral damage,[7][8] while damage specifically done to public or private property is called property damage. By extension, damage is also used to describe a degradation in the value of intangible things such as relationships,[9] self-image,[10] reputation,[11] and goodwill.[12][13]

Economics of damage[edit]

The propensity for damage to occur to physical objects and systems, as well as to intangible characteristics, is built into the prices of goods and services that depend on the supply of these things, particularly as a component of insurance costs.[14] In law, damages are the award, typically of money, to be paid to a person as compensation for loss or injury (i.e., economic or physical damage).[15]

Institutional damage[edit]

Institutional damage is broadly defined as unintended consequences to an individual resulting from interaction with an institution which has responsibility for his or her care. The individual might be a hospital patient, a child in a school, or a prison inmate. Some forms of institutional damage, such as medical errors and hospital-acquired infection are relatively easily measured; others, such as long-term damage to development and mental health are significantly harder to measure. There is controversy as to whether such damage can be measured and if it actually occurs.

It is not a widely used term, however, but it is a legal concept of considerable importance, because it is extremely common, particularly in countries where human rights of prisoners and other people under institutional care are not respected or guaranteed by law.

Constitutional law, civil law (common law) and criminal law codices have many provisions to protect individuals against injuries caused by institutions to which they are unwillingly committed. The extent and the respect to these laws vary widely among countries and communities. These controversies relate to the old government versus individual debate which has permeated philosophy and political science since Ancient Greece.

Damage to institutions[edit]

The same expression is also used in the opposite sense, i.e., as damage caused to institutions, as opposed to damage caused to individuals. For example, political exception situations, such as the suspension of political rights for a time, are said to damage democratic institutions. Other examples are vandalism of public buildings, extremely large epidemics that disrupt normal functioning of society’s institutions, such as in the case of AIDS in Africa; external military intervention, such as in the invasion of Iraq by the USA and allied nations; and even (paradoxically), external aid to countries which are rich in natural resources but have a poor economy and/or corrupt government (the so-called «resource curse»)

The two concepts, damage caused by institutions and damage caused to institutions, are related in many situations. In widespread political trials («witch hunting») in democratic countries, such as in the famous House Committee on Un-American Activities in the 1940s, damage was said to occur in both directions, i.e., not only the lives, families and professional activities of a number of individuals were wrecked by the public exposure, but also the political institutions of individual rights and freedom in the United States were also similarly damaged by the Committee’s activities.

See also[edit]

  • Deformation (mechanics)
  • Degradation
  • Virus
  • Death

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Farrar, C.R., Sohn, H., Park, G., «Converting Large Sensor Array Data into Structural Health Information», in Andrew Smyth, Raimondo Betti, The 4th International Workshop on Structural Control (2005), p. 67.
  2. ^ a b c d e Jean Lemaitre, A Course on Damage Mechanics (2013).
  3. ^ Verkaaik, Oskar (2016). «Creativity and controversy in a new anthropology of buildings». Ethnography. 17 (1): 135–143. doi:10.1177/1466138115621318. JSTOR 26359121. S2CID 148026260.
  4. ^ «Wounds and Injuries: MedlinePlus». Nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2015-07-20.
  5. ^ «Mitochondrial Theory of Aging and Other Aging Theories». 1Vigor. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  6. ^ Jin, Kunlin (2010). «Modern Biological Theories of Aging». Aging Dis. 1 (2): 72–74. PMC 2995895. PMID 21132086.
  7. ^ «USAF Intelligence Targeting Guide — AIR FORCE PAMPHLET 14- 210 Intelligence». 1 February 1998. p. 180. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  8. ^ «collateral damage». Merriam-Webster.
  9. ^ Steve Duck, Julia T. Wood, Confronting Relationship Challenges (1995), p. 15.
  10. ^ David Read Johnson, Renee Emunah, Current Approaches in Drama Therapy (2009), p. 128.
  11. ^ Michael D. Moberly, Safeguarding Intangible Assets (2014), p. 80.
  12. ^ Edward Sidney Rogers, Good Will, Trade-marks and Unfair Trading (1914), p. 268.
  13. ^ Hazel Carty, An Analysis of the Economic Torts (2010), p. 257.
  14. ^ Francis Ghesquiere, Sovereign Natural Disaster Insurance for Developing Countries: A Paradigm Shift in Catastrophe Risk Financing, The World Bank (2007), p. 23.
  15. ^ International principle: Trans-Lex.org, Garner, p.416

External links[edit]

Look up damage in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

  • Metzgar, Jack. Institutional Damage. Dissent Magazine. Stories about the damage wrought on individuals who were subjected to the House Un-American Activities Committee’s investigations in the 1940s.
  • Harford, T. and Klein, M. Aid and the Resource Curse. World Bank article on the damage to institutions of developing countries caused by external aid.

The problem can be simplified by assuming that the damage caused by a flood is proportional to a “damage index” D: ❋ Unknown (1991)

— where a number of damage incidence combinations are available, it is possible to draw a “damage incidence distribution curve” (see fig.D. 2). ❋ Unknown (1982)

Only thing to have with a can of brain damage is another can of brain damage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Playing 21 shots and then getting brain damage from a tumble down the stairs is a terribly, terribly shitty way to celebrate a birthday. spookyu ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the film, a female convict suffering from brain damage is implanted with the memories, skills and training of a CIA female agent who was recently killed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What gives me brain damage, is the complexities of the x tonne concrete equals x tonnes carbon expended. ❋ Newmania (2008)

A man with brain damage is given a hormone treatment that has the effect of increasing his intelligence, only in this case it doesn’t wear off, but keeps going. ❋ Blue Tyson (2008)

Realistically even if he had been able to cure the infected they would have severe brain damage from the high body temp. they sustained while infected. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There may be some short term damage to Newt but I don’t know if this is going to translate into an erosion of support. ❋ Unknown (2012)

If reality-based policies come out of Duncan’s turnarounds, I hope, the short term damage done to teachers could be worth it. ❋ John Thompson (2011)

When the damage is assessed, it will rival the market cap of the company. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reports are that Penguin will start immediately shipping to smaller stores this week, but the damage is already done, no? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Given who’s running the city, there’s no harm to be done by critics — the damage is already done. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Better, in that case, to figure out what the damage is and how to mitigate it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Patron]: What’s the damage?
[Waiter]: Three [bills]. ❋ Fizzle (2004)

1. That (game) [level] gave me so much damage.
2. God, that [Sue], she gives me [maximum] damage when she talks. ❋ Estookay (2003)

[KP] says:God whats [maddie’s] damage?
Molly says:I dont [kno], shes the one who called u a slut
Maddie says:My damage is that ur mean :'( ❋ Tibitz (2005)

He cried «[Damage]!» in an [exalted] state of utter [amazement]. ❋ Marcus Macdonald (2008)

your friend just got [the latest] : ‘that shits the damage!’
A [very attractive] lady walks past : ‘omg, she’s the damage ❋ Sandbags (2007)

one [week] [till] damage [man]!! ❋ Web*/Babyboy (2003)

[Malcolm]’s [temperamental] bullshit is extremely [damaging] to both the project and his co-workers. ❋ AKACroatalin (2016)

Man, I got damaged [today], and it [hurt] [like hell]. ❋ Kongamuse (2011)

«Dude your [camera] is [so sick], it does some [serious damage].» ❋ Hehhhhh (2009)

I went on a date with [shawty girl] last night, she has so much [baggage] that comes with her, she’s just straight up [DAMAGED]! ❋ Thicklilmiss (2016)

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noun

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.

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Origin of damage

1250–1300; Middle English <Old French, equivalent to dam (<Latin damnum damage, fine) + -age-age; see damn

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.

OTHER WORDS FROM damage

dam·age·a·ble, adjectivedam·age·a·ble·ness, dam·age·a·bil·i·ty, noundam·ag·er, nounnon·dam·age·a·ble, adjective

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

Words nearby damage

Dalton’s law, Dalton System, Daly, Daly City, dam, damage, damage control, damaged goods, damages, damaging, daman

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Words related to damage

accident, blow, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, contamination, corruption, destruction, deterioration, devastation, disturbance, hardship, harm, illness, impairment, pollution, suffering, wound, batter, break

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.

  • Violations 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.

  • Each one did billions of dollars of damage to buildings, roads and other property.

  • To take just one example, the devastating Wine Country Fires in October 2017 did more than $9 billion worth of damage in a single month.

  • WeatherCheck, cofounded by Y Combinator graduates Demetrius Gray and Jermaine Watkins, identifies weather-related property damage so that homeowners can file claims with their insurers.

  • “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.

  • The 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.

  • Never grasp a Fern plant from above and try to pull it away, as this will be almost sure to result in damage.

  • Great care is necessary when removing the Ferns to do as little damage as possible to the roots.

  • If mistakes are made they happen rarely and the resources of the accepting houses are easily able to repair the damage.

  • Tornadoes occurred in Alabama, Missouri and Illinois, accompanied with extensive damage to property.

British Dictionary definitions for damage


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 of damage

damageable, adjectivedamageability, noundamager, noundamaging, adjective

damagingly, adverb

Word Origin for damage

C14: from Old French, from Latin damnum injury, loss, fine

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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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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

dam•age /ˈdæmɪdʒ/USA pronunciation  
n., v., -aged, -ag•ing. 
n.

  1. injury, harm, or destruction that reduces value, usefulness, etc.; harmful effect:[uncountable]The earthquake caused great damage to the city.
  2. Law damages, [plural] the money estimated to be equal to the loss or injury sustained:to pay $10,000 in damages.

v. [ + obj]

  1. to cause harm, injury, or destruction to;
    have a harmful effect on:The fire damaged our house.

dam•age•a•ble /ˈdæmɪdʒəbəl/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

dam•age 
(damij),USA pronunciation n., v., -aged, -ag•ing. 
n.

  1. injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness:The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
  2. Law damages, 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?

v.t.

  1. to cause damage to;
    injure or harm;
    reduce the value or usefulness of:He damaged the saw on a nail.

v.i.

  1. to become damaged:Soft wood damages easily.
  • Latin damnum damage, fine) + -ageage; see damn
  • Old French, equivalent. to dam (
  • Middle English 1250–1300

damage•a•ble, adj. 
damage•a•ble•ness, damage•a•bili•ty, n. 
damag•er, n. 

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged 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.See corresponding entry in Unabridged impair, hurt.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

damage /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ n

  1. injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing
  2. loss of something desirable
  3. informal cost; expense (esp in the phrase what’s the damage?)

vb

  1. (transitive) to cause damage to
  2. (intransitive) to suffer damage

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Latin damnum injury, loss, fine

ˈdamaging adj

damage‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Other forms: damaged; damages; damaging

When you damage something you hurt it in a way that makes it less valuable or useful. Say you throw a baseball and it flies over your friend’s head and cracks your dad’s windshield. Congratulations, you’ve damaged your dad’s car.

Damage can also be a noun. That crack in the windshield? It doesn’t matter whether you ‘fess up or blame your friend or a giant falling acorn. It made the car less valuable and harder to drive, therefore it is considered damage. Another meaning of damage implies the damage done to your wallet when you buy something. In a restaurant, you might hear someone ask «What’s the damage?» when the check comes to the table.

Definitions of damage

  1. noun

    the occurrence of a change for the worse

  2. noun

    the act of damaging something or someone

    synonyms:

    harm, hurt, scathe

  3. noun

    loss of military equipment

  4. noun

    any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

  5. “The snow
    damaged the roof”

    “She
    damaged the car when she hit the tree”

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    burn

    burn with heat, fire, or radiation

    frost

    damage by frost

    bilge

    cause to leak

    break

    render inoperable or ineffective

    total

    damage beyond the point of repair

    bruise

    damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure

    disturb

    damage as if by shaking or jarring

    afflict, smite

    cause physical pain or suffering in

    blight, hurt, injure

    cause damage or affect negatively

    impair

    make worse or less effective

    blemish, flaw

    add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

    corrode, eat, rust

    cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

    eat away, erode, fret

    remove soil or rock

    cut up, mangle, mutilate

    destroy or injure severely

    shatter

    damage or destroy

    deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate

    make imperfect

    wear away, whittle away, whittle down

    cut away in small pieces

    bang up, smash, smash up

    damage or destroy as if by violence

    scald

    burn with a hot liquid or steam

    visit

    assail

    wash

    form by erosion

    blacken, char, scorch, sear

    burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color

    cloud, corrupt, defile, pollute, sully, taint, tarnish

    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

    blemish, deface, disfigure

    mar or spoil the appearance of

    blight, plague

    cause to suffer a blight

    type of:

    alter, change, modify

    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

  6. verb

    suffer or be susceptible to damage

    “These fine china cups
    damage easily”

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    change

    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one’s or its original nature

  7. noun

    the amount of money needed to purchase something

    “how much is the
    damage?”

    synonyms:

    price, terms

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    asking price, selling price

    the price at which something is offered for sale

    bid price

    (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security

    closing price

    (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day’s trading session

    factory price

    price charged for goods picked up at the factory

    highway robbery

    an exorbitant price

    purchase price

    the price at which something is actually purchased

    cash price, spot price

    the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market

    support level

    (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors

    valuation

    assessed price

    offer price

    (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain security

    upset price

    (auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bids

    list price

    the selling price of something as stated in a catalogue or price list; often subject to discounts

    type of:

    cost

    the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor

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