Synonyms for damage
ˈdæm ɪdʒdam·age

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1. damage

   Abuse covers all unreasonable or improper use or treatment by word or act. A tenant does not abuse rented property by "reasonable wear," though that may damage the property and injure its sale; he may abuse it by needless defacement or neglect. It is possible to abuse a man without harming him, as when the criminal vituperates the judge; or to harm a man without abusing him, as when the witness tells the truth about the criminal. Defame, malign, rail at, revile, slander, vilify, and vituperate are used always in a bad sense. One may be justly reproached. To impose on or to victimize one is to injure him by abusing his confidence. To persecute one is to ill-treat him for opinion's sake, commonly for religious belief; to oppress is generally for political or pecuniary motives. "Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy," Deut. xxiv, 14. Misemploy, misuse, and pervert are commonly applied to objects rather than to persons. A dissolute youth misemploys his time, misuses his money and opportunities, harms his associates, perverts his talents, wrongs his parents, ruins himself, abuses every good gift of God.

   Synonyms:
   abuse, aggrieve, defame, defile, disparage, harm, ill-treat, ill-use, impose on, impose upon, injure, malign, maltreat, misemploy, misuse, molest, oppress, persecute, pervert, prostitute, rail at, ravish, reproach, revile, ruin, slander, victimize, vilify, violate, vituperate, wrong

   Antonyms:
   applaud, benefit, care for, cherish, conserve, consider, eulogize, extol, favor, laud, panegyrize, praise, protect, regard, respect, shield, sustain, tend, uphold, vindicate

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1. damage

   Synonyms:
   injury, hurt, loss, mischief, detriment, impairment

   Antonyms:
   compensation, recovery, reinstatement, advantage, benefit, reparation, blessing, damnable

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1. damage, harm, impairmentnoun

   the occurrence of a change for the worse

   Synonyms:
   equipment casualty, hurt, scathe, terms, price, legal injury, injury, disability, handicap, constipation, wrong, harm, deadening, deterioration, disablement, impairment, trauma, stultification

2. damage, equipment casualtynoun

   loss of military equipment

   Synonyms:
   hurt, price, harm, terms, legal injury, impairment, wrong, equipment casualty, scathe

3. damage, harm, hurt, scathenoun

   the act of damaging something or someone

   Synonyms:
   hurt, suffering, injury, distress, detriment, price, harm, terms, legal injury, impairment, wrong, trauma, equipment casualty, scathe

4. price, terms, damagenoun

   the amount of money needed to purchase something

   "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?"

   Synonyms:
   hurt, cost, price, harm, toll, terms, legal injury, monetary value, impairment, footing, equipment casualty, scathe, wrong

5. wrong, legal injury, damageverb

   any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

   Synonyms:
   legal injury, hurt, price, harm, terms, wrongfulness, impairment, wrong, equipment casualty, scathe

6. damageverb

   inflict damage upon

   "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"

7. damageverb

   suffer or be susceptible to damage

   "These fine china cups damage easily"

Matched Categories

1. • Casualty
   • Change
   • Cost
   • Military

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1. damagenoun

   Synonyms:
   injury, harm, hurt, detriment, mischief, loss

2. damageverb

   Synonyms:
   injure, impair, hurt, harm, mar

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1. damagenoun

   Synonyms:
   injury, detriment, impairment, defacement, harm, hurt, mischief

2. damageverb

   Synonyms:
   injure, hurt, harm, despoil, scathe, deface, impair, disfigure, damnify

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1. List of paraphrases for "damage":

   harm, damages, injury, prejudice, detriment, undermine, loss, deterioration, damaged, destruction, danni, devastation, lesion, pity, havoc, impair, injuries, degradation, jeopardize, sabotage, shame

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1. List of known nicknames for "Damage":

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1. Jason Glassberg:

   All it would take is to keep up this level of pressure on Sony, its employees, executives, business partners and talent for the foreseeable future and then I think you could actually see something as big as Sony Pictures go under, estimates are pegging (losses) at over $100 million, but that is before the inevitable lawsuits from everyone. Plus the damage to the reputation to the brand is almost incalculable, then there’s also the cost for providing ID theft protection to 50,000 current and former employees, etc. These hackers could target more Sony projects and divisions down the road, making the cost of damage significantly worse.

2. Scott Adams:

   The Dilbert Principle The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage--Management.

3. H. W. Dodds:

   A thick head can do as much damage as a hard heart.

4. Mark Burns:

   The findings mirror what has been observed about such damage in humans years after a brain injury, especially among athletes, studies have shown that almost all people with single concussions spontaneously recover, but athletes who play contact sports are much more susceptible to lasting brain damage. These findings fill in the picture of how and when concussion and mild head trauma can lead to sustained brain damage.

5. Dmitry Medvedev:

   (Sanctions) damage the economies and companies of the countries imposing sanctions just as much as (they damage ours).