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Damage \Dam"age\, v. t. [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}, n.]
To occasion damage to the soundness, goodness, or value of;
to hurt; to injure; to impair.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]


damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
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]