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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Damage \Dam"age\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Damaged} (d[a^]m"[asl]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Damaging} (d[a^]m"[asl]*j[i^]ng).] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See {Damage}, noun] To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.
He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. --Clarendon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adjective
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled, dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed}; {burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate), burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst, ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed}; {defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened}; {knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled, mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched}; {storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged}, {destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}. [WordNet 1.5]
2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled, fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured}; {shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept, violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured}, {unsound}.
Syn: broken. [WordNet 1.5]
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged reputation.
Syn: discredited. [WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as, the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
damaged
adjective
1: harmed or injured or spoiled; "I wont't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" [ant: {undamaged}]
2: being unjustly brought into disrepute; "a discredited politician"; "her damaged reputation" [syn: {discredited}]
3: especially of reputation; "the senator's seriously damaged reputation"; "a flyblown reputation"; "a tarnished reputation"; "inherited a spotted name" [syn: {besmirched}, {flyblown}, {spotted}, {stained}, {sullied}, {tainted}, {tarnished}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "damaged": adulterated, aggravated, blemished, broken, burned, burst, busted, checked, chipped, cracked, crazed, cut, defective, deficient, deteriorated, embittered, erroneous, exacerbated, fallible, faulty, flawed, found wanting, harmed, hurt, immature, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, impure, in bits, in pieces, in shards, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, injured, irritated, lacerated, lacking, makeshift, mangled, marred, mediocre, mixed, mutilated, not perfect, off, partial, patchy, rent, ruptured, scalded, scorched, shattered, short, sketchy, slashed, slit, smashed, split, spoiled, sprung, the worse for, torn, undeveloped, uneven, unfinished, unperfected, unsound, unthorough, wanting, weakened, worse, worse off, worsened
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