English Explanatory Dictionary

damage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact.
Cost or expense.

verb

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.

Pronunciation

/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/ /ˈɖæmeːd͡ʒ/ en-us-damage.ogg

Word forms

damage damages damaging damaged

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). Cognate with Spanish daño.

Synonyms

harm injure abuse annoy bewound damage damnify dere do damage to do for do ill do violence to forwork grieve harrow hurt maul misdo put someone in hospital scaith scathe vulnerate wet wound destroy annihilate aerosolize atomize benothing bewreck blot out blotto dash decompose demolish desolate devastate diffuse disintegrate disperse dissolve eliminate eradicate erase exterminate extinguish extirpate fordo fuck harry jazz lay waste level liquidate nuke obliterate overthrow overturn pull down pulverize

Related words

damn indemnity

Derived words

attrition damage brain damage collateral damage country damage cryodamage damage boost damage control damage feasant damageful damageless damageous loss and damage microdamage nanodamage neurodamage photodamage radiation damage splash damage the damage is done what's someone's damage what's the damage damageability damageable damager redamage undamaged

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