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ALL meanings of damage

dam·age
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  • verb damage To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly. 3
  • verb damage To damage something means to cause it to become less good, pleasant, or successful. 3
  • uncountable noun damage Damage is physical harm that is caused to an object. 3
  • uncountable noun damage Damage consists of the unpleasant effects that something has on a person, situation, or type of activity. 3
  • noun plural damage If a court of law awards damages to someone, it orders money to be paid to them by a person who has damaged their reputation or property, or who has injured them. 3
  • noun damage injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing 3
  • noun damage loss of something desirable 3
  • noun damage cost; expense (esp in the phrase what's the damage?) 3
  • verb damage to cause damage to 3
  • verb damage to suffer damage 3
  • noun damage injury or harm to a person or thing, resulting in a loss in soundness or value 3
  • noun damage money claimed by, or ordered paid to, a person to compensate for injury or loss caused by the wrong of the opposite party or parties 3
  • noun damage cost or expense 3
  • verb transitive damage to do damage to 3
  • intransitive verb damage to incur damage 3
  • verb damage If you damage something or part of someone's body, you cause physical harm. 3
  • noun damage Damage is physical harm that is done to something or to a part of someone's body. 3
  • noun damage Physical harm caused to something in such a way as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function. 1
  • noun damage physical harm 1
  • noun damage detrimental effect 1
  • noun plural damage money: legal compensation 1
  • transitive verb damage cause physical harm to 1
  • transitive verb damage be detrimental to 1
  • noun damage cost 1
  • noun damage injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops. 1
  • noun damage damages, Law. the estimated money equivalent for detriment or injury sustained. 1
  • noun damage Often, damages. Informal. cost; expense; charge: What are the damages for the lubrication job on my car? 1
  • verb with object damage to cause damage to; injure or harm; reduce the value or usefulness of: He damaged the saw on a nail. 1
  • verb without object damage to become damaged: Soft wood damages easily. 1
  • noun damage Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. 0
  • noun damage (Slang) Cost or expense. 0
  • verb damage To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction. 0
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