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verb

past tense of damage
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of damaged
Adjective
Rypkema said the region could look to San Antonio’s Under 1 Roof program, which provides low- to moderate-income homeowners with one-time grants of up to $19,000 to fix worn or damaged roofs. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 There are some health concerns related to PTFE coatings when misused, damaged or excessively heated. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026 The true meaning of Haws Cinema becomes clear when the film ends and the children return to their tents, shelters, and damaged homes. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 Officials were concerned about old and damaged bridges and culverts on the Rio Ruidoso. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 During sleep, neurons go quiet, ROS are cleared, and damaged mitochondria are repaired or recycled. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Still, research like this hints at where oral health could be headed, moving away from simply protecting or replacing damaged tissue and toward materials designed to help rebuild tooth enamel instead. — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 Terrain may obstruct radio signals, while damaged infrastructure can limit cellular access. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 No deaths or missing persons had been reported, although authorities warned that the full extent of the destruction remained uncertain, particularly in communities cut off by damaged roads, collapsed bridges and landslides. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Verb
The bottom of the walls was damaged; these surfaces are not smooth and easily cleanable. — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026 But cars have been burned, trees damaged and people hurt in communities across the Palestinian territory, with some people calling this the most dangerous season yet. — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026 In the southern port city of Marseille, some protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall and a police station was damaged. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 One person was killed and five wounded in the attacks, with residential homes damaged as well, according to local authorities. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026 Fort Worth firefighters battled for almost 18 hours after six electric SUVs were destroyed and two others damaged in a fire at a Cadillac dealership on Friday. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026 The flash flood also damaged or destroyed four bridges, swept away about three dozen houses and damaged the construction site of a hydropower plant. — Binaj Gurubacharya, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for damaged
Adjective
  • That injured student was then transported to the hospital by ambulance.
    — Jason Armesto, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The injured pedestrian was taken to a hospital and was in stable condition, according to law enforcement.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • While the show is beloved, its legacy has also been marred with a series of tragedies and controversies, both on and off screen.
    — Saba Hamedy, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Montgomery High School has been marred by previous violence, including a March 2023 stabbing that killed a 16-year-old student.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Three were killed and six were wounded in the Obukhiv district, where warehouses were damaged, police said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The elder Sebastian Trotter was in the water below him, grabbing a tree trunk, wounded and barely able to speak.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • The extra baggage negates the weightlessness, revealing a more flawed and earthbound iteration of the band.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • But rather than hail this trend as proof of AI’s skyrocketing potential, many in the field — skeptics and boosters alike — take it as evidence that benchmarking itself has become fatally flawed.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Avoid relying on text-message verification if your phone number may be compromised.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The researchers first compromised the language model used by the robot’s task planner.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jackdaw to have limited impact on energy bills The British government has faced criticism from some corners that its climate policies have hurt industry and energy security.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Among the report’s most concerning findings, enterprises often make software purchases that IT heads believe could hurt the organization.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • This contributes to imperfect fits, product returns, and lower customer satisfaction.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Perfect Prescription is Spacemen 3’s masterpiece, an imperfect record made by one of the last holistically perfect groups of the 20th century.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • He is crippled by doubt, convinced that others are gaining on him.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The long nightmare might be over for South African producers, whose industry has been crippled for more than two years by the paralysis of a rebate program that for all intents and purposes had ceased to function.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Damaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/damaged. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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