American English pronunciation
How to pronounce damaged
IPA transcription: ['dæmədʒd]
Pronunciation variants: ['dæmədʒd]['dæmɪdʒd]
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Verb
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inflict damage upon
“The snow damaged the roof”
“She damaged the car when she hit the tree”
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suffer or be susceptible to damage
“These fine china cups damage easily”
Adjective
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harmed or injured or spoiled
“I won't buy damaged goods”
“the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings”
Adjective
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being unjustly brought into disrepute
“a discredited politician”
“her damaged reputation”
Usage examples
- The car however was not damaged.
- It was damaged by several recent hurricanes.
- The palace and the synagogue were severely damaged, the archives were destroyed.
- The damaged bow section was removed in order to attach a lengthened bow.
- The fire damaged a large part of the under-construction tower.
- Outside, the "Churchill" is severely damaged by enemy fire.
- The Port Hills transmitters were understood to be undamaged.
- The quay, owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, has become degraded and damaged.
- However, the southern nave was too badly damaged to reconstruct the original.
- The ship was not damaged and suffered no casualties.