All damage synonyms
damΒ·age
D d verb damage
- loss β detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- pollute β to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke.
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- cripple β A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- injure β to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- tarnish β to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- contaminate β If something is contaminated by dirt, chemicals, or radiation, they make it dirty or harmful.
- maim β to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
- mar β to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
- infect β to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- batter β If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- undermine β to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- smash β to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- tear β the act of tearing.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- mangle β to smooth or press with a mangle.
- scorch β to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
noun damage
- deterioration β the act or process of deteriorating.
- contamination β the act or process of contaminating or the state of being contaminated
- destruction β Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
- impairment β the state of being diminished, weakened, or damaged, especially mentally or physically: cognitive impairment in older adults.
- catastrophe β A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- casualty β A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- pollution β the act of polluting or the state of being polluted.
- blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- devastation β Devastation is severe and widespread destruction or damage.
- harm β a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- illness β unhealthy condition; poor health; indisposition; sickness.
- hardship β a condition that is difficult to endure; suffering; deprivation; oppression: a life of hardship.
- bruise β A bruise is an injury which appears as a purple mark on your body, although the skin is not broken.
- wound β the act of winding.
- corruption β Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- disturbance β the act of disturbing.
- suffering β the state of a person or thing that suffers.
- accident β An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
- knockout β Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
- mishap β an unfortunate accident.
- adulteration β an adulterating or being adulterated
- stroke β a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court.
- affliction β An affliction is something which causes physical or mental suffering.
- wrecking β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- outrage β an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- mischief β conduct or activity that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- infliction β the act of inflicting.