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Synonyms for DAMAGE: harm, injury, detriment, hurt, insult, offence, wound, injustice; Antonyms of DAMAGE: recovery, healing, remedy, cure, fix, repair, rebuild, patch.
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 ...
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English dam‧age1 /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ S3 W2 noun 1 physical harm [ uncountable] physical harm that is done to something or to a part of someone’s body, so that it is broken or injured damage to damage to property These chemicals have been found to cause serious environmental damage.
Check pronunciation: damage. Definition of damage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. /ˈdæmɪdʒ/ Verb Forms. damage something/somebody to have a bad or harmful effect on something/somebody. The church was badly damaged by the 1997 earthquake. Smoking seriously damages your health. to be severely/heavily damaged in the fire. Our car was damaged beyond repair in the crash.
May 18, 2024 · 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 ...
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.
