"damage" | Definition and Related Words

damage

Noun

The occurrence of a change for the worse (synset 107435370)
is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
subtypes:
- detriment, hurt - a damage or loss
- deformation, distortion - a change for the worse
- ladder, ravel, run - a row of unravelled stitches
same as: harm, impairment
Loss of military equipment (synset 107354253)
referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation

is a type of: casualty - a decrease of military personnel or equipment
subtypes:
- battle damage, combat casualty - loss of military equipment in battle
- operational casualty, operational damage - loss of military equipment in field operations
same as: equipment casualty
The act of damaging something or someone (synset 100403900)
is a type of: change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
subtypes:
- impairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality
- defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement, mutilation - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something
- wound, wounding - the act of inflicting a wound
- burn - damage inflicted by fire
- defloration - an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something
same as: harm, hurt, scathe
The amount of money needed to purchase something (synset 113324337)
"the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"

is a type of: cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor
subtypes:
- 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
- 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
same as: price, terms
Any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right (synset 100745429)
is a type of: injury - wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted

same as: legal injury, wrong

Verb

Inflict damage upon (synset 200259743)
"The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
subtypes:
- burn - damage by burning with heat, fire, or radiation
- frost - damage by frost
- bilge - cause to leak
- break - render inoperable or ineffective
- total - damage beyond the point of repair
- bruise - damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure
- disturb - damage as if by shaking or jarring
- afflict, smite - cause physical pain or suffering in
- hurt, injure - cause damage or affect negatively
- impair - make worse or less effective
- blemish, flaw - add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
- corrode, eat, rust - cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid
- eat away, erode, fret - remove soil or rock
- cut up, mangle, mutilate - destroy or injure severely
- shatter - damage or destroy
- deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate - make imperfect
- wear away, whittle away, whittle down - cut away in small pieces
- bang up, smash, smash up - damage or destroy as if by violence
Suffer or be susceptible to damage (synset 200589255)
"These fine china cups damage easily"

is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

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