Definition of DAMAGE

damage

Plural: damages

Noun

  • the occurrence of a change for the worse
  • loss of military equipment
  • the act of damaging something or someone
  • the amount of money needed to purchase something
    • "how much is the damage?"
  • any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
  • Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
  • Cost or expense.

Verb

Verb Forms: damaged, damaging, damages

  • To cause harm or injury to something, impairing its value.
  • inflict damage upon
    • "The snow damaged the roof"
    • "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
  • suffer or be susceptible to damage
    • "These fine china cups damage easily"
  • To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction.
  • To undergo damage; to take damage.
  • To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing.

Examples

  • "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.
  • A poorly placed word can DAMAGE your chances of winning in Scrabble.
  • Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
  • Cold temperatures, heavy rain, falling rocks, strong winds and glacier movement can damage the equipment.
  • Did you damage the items that the customer returned yet?
  • The storm did a lot of damage to the area.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Largely displaced native Middle English scath (whence unscathed).

Synonyms

equipment casualty, harm, hurt, impairment, legal injury, price, scathe, terms, wrong, abuse, aerosolize, annihilate, annoy, atomize, benothing, bewound, bewreck, blot out, blotto, damage, damnify, dash, decompose, demolish, dere, desolate, destroy, devastate, diffuse, disintegrate, disperse, dissolve, do damage to, do for, do ill, do violence to, eliminate, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, forwork, fuck, grieve, harrow, harry, injure, jazz, lay waste, level, liquidate, maul, misdo, nuke, obliterate, pull down, pulverize, put someone in hospital, race, ravage, raze, remove, ruin, scaith, stamp out, total, unbreed, unexist, unmake, uproot, vulnerate, waste, wet, wipe off, wipe out, wound, wreck

Scrabble Score: 10

damage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
damage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
damage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

damage: valid Words With Friends Word