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
  • Two lids of the cold-holding unit are not attached and are damaged.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In Hunters, Georgia, multiple homes may have been damaged by a tornado reported by a 911 call center, the center said.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Police said 23 people were detained overnight, while six officers and one journalist were injured.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • With both Penix and Tagovailoa injured to begin the season and Cooper Rush at quarterback, the offense scored just 16 points over the first two weeks of the season.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of injured
Verb
  • There were also parts that were not as successful — mainly the parts marred by his physical unreadiness.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Both Republicans had promoted the narrative that the 2020 election was marred by fraud.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of marred
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
Definition of crippled
Verb
  • The bureau is operating as if every FBI employee’s personal information was compromised, the sources said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Take action to protect your accounts and data if any are compromised in a breach.
    — Alex Colon, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of compromised
Verb
  • The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Every option needed to be the safest option possible or else he would get hurt.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • Isaias has weakened dramatically since making landfall last night as a Category 2 hurricane.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Wide swaths of the Southwest were deluged Sunday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel weakened and moved inland, but coastal communities already battered by high surf emerged with less damage than some officials feared.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of weakened
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“Endamaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endamaged. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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