damage

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  1. noun Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.
  2. noun Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.
  3. noun Informal Cost; price.
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  • The agency is monitoring to determine if an emergency insurance response center will be necessary as the damage is assessed, Young said. —  NewsOK.com RSS - home
  • Among the damage was a smashed trophy case and graffiti nearby containing the suspect's nickname, the newspaper reported. —  CBS 2 - KCAL 9 - Los Angeles - Southern California - LA Breaking News, Weather, Traffic, Sports
  • The cause of the damage is a heavily speculated upon matter and I will not add to other than the fact that AllSeas Ltd may be contractually relieved from its obligations under a damge clause in the contract. —  Indymedia Ireland
  • The cause of the damage is a heavily speculated upon matter and I will not add to other than the fact that AllSeas Ltd may be contractually relieved from its obligations under a damage clause in the contract. —  SHELL TO SEA: The West's Awake!
  • Much of the damage was a result of an old relining, a treatment in which a supporting canvas is attached to the aging original one and pressed down so as to adhere better. —  Art Knowledge News
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

injury ·  loss ·  risk ·  exposure ·  disaster ·  destruction ·  disturbance ·  stress ·  impact ·  hazard ·  change ·  pressure

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damage:   damaging ·  damages ·  damaged
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Etymologies (3)

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

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  1. Early modern English also dammage; from Middle English damage, from Old French damage, domage, French dommage, harm, = Provencal damnatje, dampnatje, damnatge = Italian dannaggio, from Middle Latin *damnaticum, harm (cf. adjective damnaticus, condemned to the mines), from Latin damnum, loss, injury: see damn.
  2. Early modern English also dammage; from Old French damagier, domagier, damage, harm; from the noun: see damage, n.
 

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