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verb

past tense of damage
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Recent Examples of damaged
Adjective
Analysts said the move was aimed at forcing companies to pay for their own security and bring damaged assets back into service, despite the cost. Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Clean water is hard to come by, as the floods contaminated water systems and damaged infrastructure. Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 And Mersan & Tümkalıp, another machinery purveyor, is reputedly negotiating assistance deals to retroactively modernize damaged production lines that idled during the war years. Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026 From a consideration of apoptosis—the orderly elimination of damaged or unnecessary cells—Solé moves on to failing machines, eroded memories, vanished languages, brittle digital archives, and more. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Verizon is offering up to $830 off the whole iPhone 17 series with the trade-in of an eligible old (or even damaged) phone and a qualified activation for select Verizon myPlan plans. Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 Inadequate planting holes or wrong-sized containers cause plants to wilt and may result in damaged foliage and reduced flowering. Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026 As families wait for news about their relatives, damaged roads, power outages and fears of further flooding have hampered rescue efforts. Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 In October 2018, Mette-Marit revealed that she had been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a chronic lung disease caused by damaged tissue. Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
After greeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the US envoy was taken on a tour of a cathedral in central Kyiv damaged in Russian attacks. Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026 The second one came out of the printer damaged, with a big scratch on it. New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026 A number of mosques were also burned to the ground or severely damaged in arson fires. Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 In Zaporizhzhia, drone strikes killed a 74-year-old man and wounded three people, while a drone damaged an apartment building, wounding seven people, in the Khmelnytskyi region. Samya Kullab, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026 The building's pine ceilings were in disrepair and its brick walls were damaged, poorly painted, or defaced with graffiti. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026 As of Saturday evening, 28 facilities in five districts of the region had been damaged, Tkachenko said. Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 5 Sep. 2026 At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the floods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction. Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026 The Don Curry Nature Trail — named for the Troop 326 scoutmaster and Fort Worth attorney — replaced an older trail that had been damaged by erosion. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damaged
Adjective
  • Caregivers save the day for those who are sick, injured or unable to take care of themselves.
    William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In total, 10 Ukrainian civilians have been killed over the past 24 hours, and a further 65 injured.
    Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Climate was top of the agenda at Première Vision Paris as the global textiles fair took place in the still-sweltering 27-degree Centigrade (about 80 degrees Fahrenheit) heat following a summer marred by record heat across Europe.
    Ellen Groves, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
  • His debut season in England was marred by injuries, limiting him to just four consecutive league starts in 2024-25.
    Art de Roché, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In Dnipro, a city in central Ukraine, a Russian daylight attack Friday wounded 12 people, according to local officials.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Biggart was born in Berlin in 1947, where his father served in the military police, two years after being wounded at the Battle of the Bulge.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • And yet, when Szumowska and Englert portray Fyodor’s reaction to the couple’s pregnancy, the birth of their child, and a subsequent tragedy, Anna’s adoration for this utterly flawed man almost feels justified.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But the diagnosis dominating today’s political discourse is fundamentally flawed.
    Norbert J. Michel, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Owners should know exactly who can connect to it and what happens if an account gets compromised.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • That title gives a first clue towards how misbegotten and compromised this new Tom and Jerry joint is.
    Caspar Salmon, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Brown hurt his right ankle on the Pats’ opening drive of the third quarter.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Walker is the piece that could liven up a Chiefs offense that felt anemic at times in 2025, even before Mahomes got hurt.
    Daniel Popper, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • For the last two years, the story has entranced showgoers with its heartbreaking portrayal of an imperfect love story.
    Emmalee Reed, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • While imperfect, the system has worked well enough to save significant time and money, Krogan says.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Swaney founded WatchUr6, a cybersecurity company, in 2022 after seeing news reports about a hospital crippled by a cyberattack.
    Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Our protagonist has been crippled with doubts about the miller’s daughter and prone to emotional highs and lows.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

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“Damaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damaged. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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