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noun

Damage n.

1.

Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief. "He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage." "Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune."

2.

pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. Note: In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges of damages.

Consequential damage. See under Consequential.

Exemplary damages (Law), damages imposed by way of example to others. Similar in purpose to vindictive damages, below.

Nominal damages (Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued.

vindictive damages or punitive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer.

Synonyms: Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief.

verb

Damage v. t. (past & past part. damaged; pres. part. damaging) To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair. "He... came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship."

Damage v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value; as, some colors in cloth damage in sunlight.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Damage" Quotes from Famous Books

... INTO PLANTS. A couple of cases are reported of worms boring into the stalks of Asters, Dianthus and Carnations. Of course the tops die, and the damage is great. There is no insecticide that can be used against these canny worms which snugly hide themselves in the plant stalks where not a drop of liquor can reach them. The only remedy is to keep a sharp outlook for affected plants, cutting away each worm-infested top and burning ...

— The Mayflower, January, 1905 • Various

... his mouth. Finding no phenomena of interest develop, fired a second chamber into his right ear. Still no symptoms worthy of notice. Patient threw away pistol and walked to hospital." Both bullets had lodged in the thick parts of his skull, and doing no damage were left there. A subsequent note read: "Patient to-day tried to cut his throat with a dinner-knife which he had hidden in his bed. Patient met with no success." Another of my cases which interested me considerably was that of a professional burglar who had been operated upon in almost ...

— A Labrador Doctor - The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

... followed unmarked by any special incident, except that the lads were delayed and a part of their goods badly shaken up by their cart upsetting into a little gully. Fortunately, however, little damage was done. ...

— Far Past the Frontier • James A. Braden

... character from the presence of grass roots, as is the case with newly plowed sod ground, so much the better. While such is desirable, any ordinary soil will answer, provided it is well manured. Cow manure is strong and lasting, and has no heating effect. It will cause no damage, even if not rotted. Horse manure, however, should be well rotted before mixing it with the soil. The manure may be mixed in the soil at the rate of one part in four. If well rotted, however, more will not do any damage, as the soil can scarcely ...

— Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) • L. H. Bailey

... stopped to see what damage had been done. They quickly joined hands again, and were off on another expedition almost before Anne had been picked up by ...

— Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School • Jessie Graham Flower

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