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endamaged

verb

past tense of endamage
as in damaged
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of a thoughtless indiscretion that endamaged a reputation that took a lifetime to build

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  1. damaged
  2. injured
  3. marred
  4. crippled
  5. compromised
  6. hurt
  7. weakened
Verb
  • The suicide attack on Friday brought down an outer wall of the police offices and badly damaged the mosque.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Aid groups warn more than three-quarters of Gaza’s housing stock is damaged, thousands of buildings are at risk of collapse, and residents grow especially vulnerable when winter rains seep into weakened structures.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaged
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  • The tragedy occurred less than two hours after another deadly incident in Chatsworth, where a collision involving a Metro bus and a passenger vehicle killed two people and injured several others.
    — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In the ensuing, comically inept exchange of shotgun fire, both friends are injured, as is bandit leader Kakucha (Vakho Chkhartisvili).
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of injured
Verb
  • The episode was marred some by a glitch in the show’s voting system; viewers weren’t able to choose their favorites on the DWTS website and had to vote by text.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Another interesting option is Yetur Gross-Matos, whose recent stint with the 49ers was marred by a knee issue.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of marred
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  • 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
Definition of crippled
Verb
  • There were reports, too, that the Houthis compromised the communications systems of their enemies and issued fraudulent orders to retreat.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • That kind of reliability can be difficult to restore once it has been compromised.
    — Ethan Stone, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of compromised
Verb
  • His frequent, sweeping cross-field balls to right wing-back Daniel Munoz helped Forest find space in which to hurt their opponents.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • One staffer at a top AI company told CNN the fears of how AI could hurt humanity keeps them up at night.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • Some trees succumbed to insects after being weakened by drought.
    — Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • More than eight in 10 voters support tapping the state’s flush coffers to bolster human service programs weakened by severe federal cutbacks, according to a new poll commissioned by Connecticut nonprofit social service agencies.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of weakened
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“Endamaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endamaged. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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