damages
Meaning of damages
plural noun
- physical harm that impairs the value, usefulness, or normal function of something.
bombing caused extensive damage to the town
- a sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury.
she was awarded $284,000 in damages
- inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
the car was badly damaged in the accident
Middle English: from Old French, from dam, damne ‘loss or damage’, from Latin damnum ‘loss or hurt’; compare with damn.
Information about damages
- The singular form of damages is: damage.
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Hyphenation of damages
dam-ages
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- damages is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
damages synonyms
Meaning amends:
amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
Meaning physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted:
Meaning the fact of being injured; harm or damage:
Meaning the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired:
Meaning the act of deliberately destroying or damaging public or private property:
Meaning action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property:
Meaning the state or fact of being impaired, especially in a specified faculty:
Meaning the action of defiling or the state of being defiled:
Meaning the action of desecrating something:
Meaning the action or process of spoiling the surface or appearance of something:
Meaning the action of spoiling the appearance of something or someone; defacement:
Meaning mark with a scar or scars:
Meaning the action of mutilating or being mutilated:
Meaning a cause of harm or damage:
Meaning the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed:
Meaning widespread destruction:
Meaning great destruction or damage:
Meaning the action of striking repeatedly with hard blows:
Meaning the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another:
Meaning the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents:
Meaning the process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or pressure:
Meaning the process of corroding or being corroded:
Meaning the process of scraping or wearing something away:
Meaning the process of becoming progressively worse:
Meaning the state or process of being or becoming degenerate; decline or deterioration:
Meaning the action of wearing something away by friction:
Meaning something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss, suffering, or injury:
Meaning compensation or reward given for loss or harm suffered or effort made:
Meaning the action of paying back a loan:
Meaning the action of repaying a person who has spent or lost money:
Meaning money paid for work or a service:
Meaning fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this:
Meaning a competition:
Meaning a reward or recompense:
Meaning a person's deserved share of praise, honour, etc:
Meaning a thing given to someone as a compensation or consolation:
Meaning do physical harm or damage to (someone):
Meaning impair the quality or appearance of; spoil:
Meaning spoil the surface or appearance of (something), for example by drawing or writing on it:
Meaning inflict serious damage on:
Meaning destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing:
Meaning weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function):
Meaning spoil the appearance or quality of (something):
Meaning spoil the appearance of:
Meaning deliberately destroy or damage (public or private property):
Meaning have a severely detrimental effect on:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning damage the purity or appearance of; mar or spoil:
Meaning treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect:
Meaning deliberately destroy, damage, or obstruct (something), especially for political or military advantage:
Meaning drastically alter or destroy the structure of:
Meaning spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of:
Meaning destroy or ruin:
Meaning end the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it:
Meaning destroy or severely damage (a structure, vehicle, or similar):
Meaning cause (someone) to become unable to walk or move normally:
Meaning damage or destroy:
damages antonyms
Meaning restore (something damaged, faulty, or worn) to a good condition:
Meaning make or become better:
Words that rhyme with damages
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