damage
Other forms: damaged; damages; damaging
When you damage something you hurt it in a way that makes it less valuable or useful. Say you throw a baseball and it flies over your friend's head and cracks your dad's windshield. Congratulations, you've damaged your dad's car.
Damage can also be a noun. That crack in the windshield? It doesn't matter whether you 'fess up or blame your friend or a giant falling acorn. It made the car less valuable and harder to drive, therefore it is considered damage. Another meaning of damage implies the damage done to your wallet when you buy something. In a restaurant, you might hear someone ask "What's the damage?" when the check comes to the table.
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the occurrence of a change for the worsesynonyms: harm, impairmenttypes:expensea detriment or sacrificetype of:alteration, change, modificationan event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
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the act of damaging something or someonetypes:impairmentdamage that results in a reduction of strength or qualityburndamage inflicted by firedeflorationan act that despoils the innocence or beauty of somethingmutilationthe act of severely damaging or ruining somethingscaldthe act of burning with steam or hot watertype of:change of integritythe act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
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loss of military equipmentsynonyms: equipment casualtytypes:type of:casualtya decrease of military personnel or equipment
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any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal rightsynonyms: legal injury, wrongtype of:injurywrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted
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inflict damage upon“The snow damaged the roof”“She damaged the car when she hit the tree”types:burnburn with heat, fire, or radiationfrostdamage by frostbilgecause to leakbreakrender inoperable or ineffectivetotaldamage beyond the point of repairbruisedamage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressuredisturbdamage as if by shaking or jarringimpairmake worse or less effectiveshatterdamage or destroyscaldburn with a hot liquid or steamvisitassailwashform by erosion
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suffer or be susceptible to damage“These fine china cups damage easily”type of:changeundergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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the amount of money needed to purchase something“how much is the damage?”types:bid price(stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain securityclosing price(stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading sessionfactory priceprice charged for goods picked up at the factoryhighway robberyan exorbitant pricepurchase pricethe price at which something is actually purchasedsupport level(stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investorsvaluationassessed priceoffer price(stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to sell a certain securityupset price(auction) the minimum price at which a seller of property will entertain bidslist pricethe selling price of something as stated in a catalogue or price list; often subject to discountstype of:costthe total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
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On March 29, 1960, the New York Times ran an ad to defend Martin Luther King, Jr. from an Alabama perjury indictment. To solicit funds, the ad included details of police actions against participants in a civil rights demonstration. In response, Montgomery Commissioner L.B. Sullivan filed a libel suit. The Supreme Court ruled that, unless the public figure can prove actual malice, the First Amendment protects the freedom of the press. These words are from the unanimous opinion written by William Brennan. Read the full text here.