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
  • Fayed al-Noman, the information ministry's assistant undersecretary, said the attack severely damaged port buildings and piers as well as commercial goods and food supplies.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The fires, which have burned over the last week, have damaged or destroyed about 920 structures.
    — Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Authorities are searching for the driver of a van who struck a man in a wheelchair in Dania Beach and fled the scene, leaving the victim injured and his wheelchair damaged.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Ten people were injured, including seven crew members, ​two Coast Guard personnel and one NRF member, according to the Coast Guard.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of injured
Verb
  • However, the rollout of these changes is marred by application glitches, payment calculation errors, erroneous delinquency notices, and massive backlogs for loan forgiveness programs.
    — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Starship, which underpins Musk’s longer-term goals in space, has faced a rocky development path marred by explosive setbacks, malfunctions and delays — at a cost of $15 billion and running.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of marred
Verb
  • Africa desperately needs them, crippled by a fundamental lack of traditional national film funding incentives.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Winds cripple aerial firefighting Nearly 500 firefighters and 23 aircraft were deployed, but gale-force winds drove flames through dry forest and crippled the response, preventing some aircraft from reaching the sea to collect water.
    — Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of crippled
Verb
  • In reality, a legitimate account can be compromised seconds after authentication, making identity an ongoing assessment rather than a single point-in-time decision.
    — Bojan Šimić, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • For the global economy, Russia’s war compromised the global supply chain for fuel and food, exacerbating post-pandemic inflation pressures.
    — Lidia Pilecky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of compromised
Verb
  • Two people, including a 13-year-old boy, were seriously hurt following a small plane crash on Wednesday in West Michigan, according to Michigan State Police.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Kirk made a point to fill his mis en scene with anachronistic technology items like old tape recorders and pay phones — and having access to all of Green Day’s music certainly didn’t hurt.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • Burger’s appointment, therefore, was concerning to criminal defense attorneys and civil rights activists, who feared that the Warren Court’s landmark decisions would be weakened or overturned.
    — Quinn Yeargain, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Business in the greater Tokyo area was almost back to normal Wednesday after a tropical storm weakened to a depression and left Japan, with transportation operating normally and power restored to most homes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of weakened
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