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| n. (event) | 1. damage, harm, impairment | the occurrence of a change for the worse. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ detriment, hurt | a damage or loss. |
| ~ deformation, distortion | a change for the worse. |
| ~ ravel, ladder, run | a row of unravelled stitches.; "she got a run in her stocking" |
| n. (event) | 2. damage, equipment casualty | loss of military equipment. |
| ~ battle damage, combat casualty | loss of military equipment in battle. |
| ~ operational casualty, operational damage | loss of military equipment in field operations. |
| ~ casualty | a decrease of military personnel or equipment. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (act) | 3. damage, harm, hurt, scathe | the act of damaging something or someone. |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ impairment | damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality. |
| ~ defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement | the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" |
| ~ wounding, wound | the act of inflicting a wound. |
| ~ burn | damage inflicted by fire. |
| ~ defloration | an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something. |
| n. (possession) | 4. damage, price, terms | the amount of money needed to purchase something.; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ asking price, selling price | the price at which something is offered for sale. |
| ~ bid price | (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security. |
| ~ closing price | (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session. |
| ~ factory price | price charged for goods picked up at the factory. |
| ~ highway robbery | an exorbitant price.; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery" |
| ~ purchase price | the price at which something is actually purchased. |
| ~ cash price, spot price | the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market. |
| ~ support level | (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors. |
| ~ valuation | assessed price.; "the valuation of this property is much too high" |
| n. (act) | 5. damage, legal injury, wrong | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right. |
| ~ injury | wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted. |
| v. (change) | 6. damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ burn | burn with heat, fire, or radiation.; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" |
| ~ frost | damage by frost.; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown" |
| ~ bilge | cause to leak.; "the collision bilged the vessel" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ total | damage beyond the point of repair.; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert" |
| ~ bruise | damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure.; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them" |
| ~ disturb | damage as if by shaking or jarring.; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" |
| ~ afflict, smite | cause physical pain or suffering in.; "afflict with the plague" |
| ~ injure, hurt | cause damage or affect negatively.; "Our business was hurt by the new competition" |
| ~ impair | make worse or less effective.; "His vision was impaired" |
| ~ flaw, blemish | add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective. |
| ~ corrode, rust, eat | cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" |
| ~ eat away, erode, fret | remove soil or rock.; "Rain eroded the terraces" |
| ~ mutilate, cut up, mangle | destroy or injure severely.; "The madman mutilates art work" |
| ~ shatter | damage or destroy.; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life" |
| ~ mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| ~ wear away, whittle away, whittle down | cut away in small pieces. |
| ~ bang up, smash up, smash | damage or destroy as if by violence.; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother" |
| v. (change) | 7. damage | suffer or be susceptible to damage.; "These fine china cups damage easily" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
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