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The definition of damage is injury or harm to a person or thing that reduces health, value or usefulness.
(noun)- An example of damage is a shattered hip that needs replacement.
- An example of damage is a chair that's been broken.
- An example of damage is the devastation after a tornado.
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See damage in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- injury or harm to a person or thing, resulting in a loss in soundness or value
- Law 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
- Informal cost or expense
Origin: ME < OFr < dam < L damnum, loss, injury: see damn
intransitive verb
to incur damage
Related Forms:
- damageable adjective
See damage in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.
- damages Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.
- Informal Cost; price.
To cause damage to.
verb, intransitive To suffer or be susceptible to damage.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: : dam, loss (from Latin damnum)
Origin: + -age, -age
.Related Forms:
- damˌage·a·bilˈi·ty noun
- damˈage·a·ble adjective
- damˈag·ing·ly adverb
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