damaging

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.

▶verb inflict damage on.

– phrases
what's the damage? informal, humorous what does it cost?

– derivatives
damaging adjective,
damagingly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., from dam, damne ‘loss or damage’, from L. damnum ‘loss or hurt’; cf. damn.