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dam·age
 damage
- pronunciation:
- dae
mihj
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
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noun |
| definition: |
harm or injury that makes something less useful or valuable.
We paid for the damage we did to our neighbor's vegetable garden.- antonyms:
- repair
- similar words:
- destruction, harm, hurt, injury, loss, wrong
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| related words: |
forfeit, wear |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
damaged, damages, damaging |
| definition: |
to harm or injure.
The movers damaged some furniture.Insects damaged the crops.- antonyms:
- benefit, mend, repair
- similar words:
- break, cripple, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mutilate, punish, ruin, scratch, spoil, tear, wreck
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| related words: |
affront, bruise, cripple, deface, destroy, flaw, mangle, reduce, reflect, shatter, soil, strain, wear, wound |
| derivations: |
damageable (adj.), damaged (adj.), damaging (adj.), damager (n.) |
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