property damage
noun
: damage or destruction to houses, cars, etc.
Few people were hurt during the storm, but property damage was great.
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Both Anderson and Thomas lost power, but that was the extent of their property damage.
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Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
The fire, which hit at the end of 2021, destroyed 1,084 homes and cost $2 billion in property damage.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
OpenAI is supporting a bill that would not hold frontier AI developers liable for causing death or serious injury to 100 or more people or causing more than $1 billion in property damage.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
The school cut ties permanently in May when SUPER UW, an acronym for Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return, took over a campus building resulting in property damage and arrests.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
The fire, which hit at the end of 2021, destroyed 1,084 homes and cost $2 billion in property damage.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
OpenAI is supporting a bill that would not hold frontier AI developers liable for causing death or serious injury to 100 or more people or causing more than $1 billion in property damage.
—Jacqueline Munis, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
The school cut ties permanently in May when SUPER UW, an acronym for Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return, took over a campus building resulting in property damage and arrests.
—Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Property damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20damage. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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