damage

Definition for damage

noun as in injury, loss

Strongest matches

accident, blow, bruise, casualty, catastrophe, contamination, corruption, destruction, deterioration, devastation, disturbance, hardship, harm, illness, impairment, pollution, suffering, wound

Strong matches

adulteration, adversity, affliction, bane, blemish, breakage, cave-in, debasement, depreciation, deprivation, detriment, disservice, evil, hurt, infliction, knockout, marring, mischief, mishap, mutilation, outrage, reverse, ruin, ruining, spoilage, waste, wreckage, wrecking, wrong

verb as in cause injury, loss

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batter, break, burn, contaminate, harm, hurt, impair, infect, injure, maim, mangle, mar, pollute, ravage, ruin, scorch, smash, tarnish, tear, undermine, weaken, wound, wreck

Strong matches

abuse, bleach, blight, corrode, corrupt, crack, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, incapacitate, lacerate, maltreat, mutilate, rot, rust, scathe, scratch, split, spoil, stab, stain, vitiate, wrong

Weak matches

bang up, cripple, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on

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New research from the Kind Group at the Hubrecht Institute sheds light on how cells repair damaged DNA.

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The condition forces the heart to work too hard and can cause a host of other serious medical problems, such as stroke, myocardial infarction, kidney damage and vision loss.

From Science Daily

If they answer "yes" to one or more, then the jury will move to the next stage and assess what damages to award Ms Hand.

From BBC

Then there are extreme weather events supercharged by climate change that can inflict immediate, wide-spread damage.

From Salon

Forests with few tree species pose considerably higher risk of being damaged and especially vulnerable is the introduced lodgepole pine.

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