damage
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
damage/ˈdamɪʤ/
▶noun
- 1 physical harm impairing the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.
■ unwelcome and detrimental effects.
- 2 (damages) a sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or injury.
– phrases
what's the damage? informal, humorous what does it cost?
what's the damage? informal, humorous what does it cost?
– derivatives
damaging adjective,
damagingly adverb.
damaging adjective,
damagingly adverb.
'damage' also found in these Oxford entries:
aflatoxin
- agnosia
- agraphia
- agroterrorism
- alexia
- anti-personnel
- aphasia
- aphonia
- apocalypse
- apraxia
- average
- barrier cream
- besmirch
- blacken
- blitz
- booklouse
- brain death
- bruise
- bull bar
- bumper
- burn
- calamity
- canker
- catastrophe
- catastrophic
- cerebral palsy
- chafe
- Chagas' disease
- childproof
- collateral damage
- comprehensive
- corrosion
- cripple
- cryoprotectant
- cytomegalovirus
- damage feasant
- damn
- damnify
- damnum
- death-watch beetle
- defame
- deleterious
- deposit
- detriment
- disaster
- disastrous
- dysgraphia
- dysphasia
- eco-warrior
