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damage
Synonyms and Antonyms of damage
- The collision did a great deal of damage to her car.
- ordered by the court to pay $1000 in punitive damages
- The company was forced to pay millions in damages to the permanently disabled worker.
- She winced when she saw the damage after the family's shopping spree.
damage
Synonyms and Antonyms of damage
- The burst pipe damaged the entire city's water supply.
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture
annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp
- His knee was badly damaged in the accident, and he walked with a limp for months.
Synonym Discussion of damage
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- badly injured in an accident
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- careful not to harm the animals
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- hurt by their callous remarks
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- a table damaged in shipping
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- years of smoking had impaired his health
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- the text is marred by many typos
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