damage

dam·age (d

1. Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.

2. damages Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.

3. Informal Cost; price.

v. dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es

v.tr.

To cause damage to.

v.intr.

To suffer or be susceptible to damage.

[Middle English, from Old French : dam, loss (from Latin damnum) + -age, -age.]

damage·a·bili·ty n.

damage·a·ble adj.

damag·ing·ly adv.

damage

Verb

[-aging, -aged]

to harm or injure

Noun

1. injury or harm caused to a person or thing

2. Informal cost: what's the damage? [Latin damnum injury, loss]

damaging adj

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	damage - the occurrence of a change for the worse impairment, harm alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" detriment, hurt - a damage or loss deformation, distortion - a change for the worse ravel, ladder, run - a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking"
	2.	damage - loss of military equipment equipment casualty battle damage, combat casualty - loss of military equipment in battle operational casualty, operational damage - loss of military equipment in field operations casualty - a decrease of military personnel or equipment armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
	3.	damage - the act of damaging something or someone scathe, harm, hurt change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something impairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" wounding, wound - the act of inflicting a wound burn - damage inflicted by fire defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something
	4.	damage - the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" price, terms cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor asking price, selling price - the price at which something is offered for sale bid price - (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security closing price - (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session factory price - price charged for goods picked up at the factory highway robbery - an exorbitant price; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery" purchase price - the price at which something is actually purchased cash price, spot price - the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market support level - (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors valuation - assessed price; "the valuation of this property is much too high"
	5.	damage - any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right legal injury, wrong injury - wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
Verb	1.	damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" burn - burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" frost - damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown" bilge - cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel" break - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" total - damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert" bruise - damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them" disturb - damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" afflict, smite - cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague" injure, hurt - cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition" impair - make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired" flaw, blemish - add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective corrode, rust, eat - cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" eat away, erode, fret - remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" mutilate, cut up, mangle - destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" shatter - damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life" mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" wear away, whittle away, whittle down - cut away in small pieces bang up, smash up, smash - damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
	2.	damage - suffer or be susceptible to damage; "These fine china cups damage easily" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"