Damage Definition
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From Old French damage (Modern French dommage), from Vulgar Latin *damnaticum from Classical Latin damnum.
Pronunciation
Noun
damage (plural damages)
- The abstract measure of something not being intact; harm.
- The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
- (slang) Cost or expense.
- "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.
Verb
damage (third-person singular simple present damages, present participle damaging, simple past and past participle damaged)
- To make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction.
- Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.
Translations
to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction
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Old French
Etymology
Vulgar Latin *damnaticum from Classical Latin damnum.
Noun
damage m. (oblique plural damages, nominative singular damages, nominative plural damage)
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General concepts
- Collateral damage, unintended damage caused during a military operation
- Fire damage
- Foreign object damage
- Hydrogen damage, metal degradation processes due to interaction with hydrogen
- Property damage, damage to public or private property
- Radiation damage, damage or injury due to ionizing radiation
- Water damage, damage done by water to materials not resistant to the effect of water
Biology and medical
- Any form of injury
- Articular cartilage damage
- Brain damage
- Cell damage, to a biological cell
- Direct DNA damage
- Nerve damage
- Somatic damage, a disease
Law
- Damages, a sum of money awarded by a court of law
- Institutional damage, unintended consequences to an individual resulting from interaction with an institution
Entertainment
Film and television
- Damage (1992 film), a film by Louis Malle
- Damage (2009 film), a film by Jeff King, starring Stone Cold Steve Austin
- "Damage" (Angel), a 2004 episode of Angel
- "Damage" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2004 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
Gaming
- Damage Incorporated, a 1998 computer game for Mac and Windows by Paranoid Productions
- Damage over time, a game design concept
- Quad damage, a power-up in the first-person shooter computer game series Quake
- Splash damage, damage taken by players or objects in the area surrounding a point of weapon impact
- Splash Damage, British computer game developer
Literature
- Damage (comics), a comic book character from DC Comics
- Damage (fictional game), a card game described in the science fiction novel Consider Phlebas
- Damage (novel), a 1991 novel by Josephine Hart
- Damage (Jenkins novel), a 2001 young adult novel by A. M. Jenkins
Music
- Damage (band), a New York hardcore band, active 1983–1988
- Damage (British band), a British R&B boy band
- "Damage" (The Cooper Temple Clause song), 2006
- "Damage" (You Am I song), 2000
- "Damage" (Tiefschwarz song), 2007
- DJ Damage, an Australian hip hop DJ and turntablist
- Damage: Live, a 1994/2001 album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp
- Damage (Kosheen album), 2007
- Damage (Blues Explosion album), 2004
- Damage 381, an album by Extreme Noise Terror
- The Damage, a collection of songs by Ludus
See also
- All pages beginning with "Damage"
- All pages with titles containing "Damage"
- Damage control (disambiguation)
- Damageplan, American heavy metal band
- Damages (disambiguation)
- Damaged (disambiguation)
- Damaging Consent, 2007 album by The Micronauts
- Damaging quotation, a short utterance by a public figure used by opponents as a discrediting tactic
- Break (disambiguation)
- Corrosion
- Degradation (disambiguation)
- Destroy (disambiguation)
- Dam (disambiguation)