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
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  • More than 1,300 homes were damaged when the quake struck East Nusa Tenggara province on Saturday, with nearly 250 were destroyed on Flores alone.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Corn is reportedly the crop most commonly damaged by feral swine.
    — Chris Boyer, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaged
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  • One person was killed and two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured when a small plane and a state police helicopter were involved in a collision in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening, authorities said.
    — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In total, in the last 24 hours, the death toll in Ukraine has reached 25 people, with a further 132 injured throughout the country, according to reports from regional military administrations.
    — Kosta Gak, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of injured
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  • Just a week after heat and severe storms marred July Fourth celebrations, a heat dome trapped more of the country under relentless warmth and humidity.
    — Kiki Intarasuwan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Following a 2024 general election marred by allegations of widespread vote-rigging, the government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has struggled to build momentum.
    — Hasan Ali, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of marred
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  • Over the years this bag has crippled numerous hotel bellmen attempting to lift it.
    — John Ficarra, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Africa desperately needs them, crippled by a fundamental lack of traditional national film funding incentives.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of crippled
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  • However, the article notes that these watermarks can be easily compromised through editing, integration into larger texts, or re-processing by other AIs.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • But the governor also has compromised with his fellow Democrats in the legislature’s majority to approve several temporary assistance programs using the special state surplus fund.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of compromised
Verb
  • Analysts had long worried that a collapse of Evergrande could trigger wider risks for China’s property market, hurting homeowners and the broader global financial system.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Residents in some of those markets continue to raise concerns about drone noise and privacy and how those issues could hurt property values.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • The ultimate effect of Fedorov appeal to everyone’s better angels, is that Zelensky is weakened, the questions of his electoral legitimacy amplified, and the call for an end to the war bolstered.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Positions have hardened, trust has weakened and the room for quiet resolution has narrowed.
    — Sean Pattwell, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of weakened
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