damages
Example Sentences
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A hidden consequence of disasters, distinct from the traumas afflicting each person, was a shredding of “social life that damages the bonds attaching people together and impairs a prevailing sense of communality,” he wrote.
If they close down, it damages the increasingly fragile sense of community.
From Salon
The U.S. government accepted fault for a midair collision earlier this year that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., saying it is willing to pay damages to the families in connection with the incident.
His parents have now launched legal action against Meta in a US court seeking punitive damages claiming that Instagram was not safe.
From BBC
Moscow has frozen nearly $20 billion in Euroclear assets held in Russia, and on Friday Russia’s central bank said it will sue the company in a Moscow court for “recovery of damages.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
