| damage | | |
| n. (event) | 1. damage, harm, impairment | the occurrence of a change for the worse. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| ~ detriment, hurt | a damage or loss. |
| ~ deformation, distortion | a change for the worse. |
| ~ ravel, ladder, run | a row of unravelled stitches.; "she got a run in her stocking" |
| n. (event) | 2. damage, equipment casualty | loss of military equipment. |
| ~ battle damage, combat casualty | loss of military equipment in battle. |
| ~ operational casualty, operational damage | loss of military equipment in field operations. |
| ~ casualty | a decrease of military personnel or equipment. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| n. (act) | 3. damage, harm, hurt, scathe | the act of damaging something or someone. |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ impairment | damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality. |
| ~ defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement | the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something.; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" |
| ~ wounding, wound | the act of inflicting a wound. |
| ~ burn | damage inflicted by fire. |
| ~ defloration | an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something. |
| n. (possession) | 4. damage, price, terms | the amount of money needed to purchase something.; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?" |
| ~ cost | the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor. |
| ~ asking price, selling price | the price at which something is offered for sale. |
| ~ bid price | (stock market) the price at which a broker is willing to buy a certain security. |
| ~ closing price | (stock market) the price of the last transaction completed during a day's trading session. |
| ~ factory price | price charged for goods picked up at the factory. |
| ~ highway robbery | an exorbitant price.; "what they are asking for gas these days is highway robbery" |
| ~ purchase price | the price at which something is actually purchased. |
| ~ cash price, spot price | the current delivery price of a commodity traded in the spot market. |
| ~ support level | (stock market) the price at which a certain security becomes attractive to investors. |
| ~ valuation | assessed price.; "the valuation of this property is much too high" |
| n. (act) | 5. damage, legal injury, wrong | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right. |
| ~ injury | wrongdoing that violates another's rights and is unjustly inflicted. |
| v. (change) | 6. damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ burn | burn with heat, fire, or radiation.; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress" |
| ~ frost | damage by frost.; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown" |
| ~ bilge | cause to leak.; "the collision bilged the vessel" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ total | damage beyond the point of repair.; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert" |
| ~ bruise | damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure.; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them" |
| ~ disturb | damage as if by shaking or jarring.; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!" |
| ~ afflict, smite | cause physical pain or suffering in.; "afflict with the plague" |
| ~ injure, hurt | cause damage or affect negatively.; "Our business was hurt by the new competition" |
| ~ impair | make worse or less effective.; "His vision was impaired" |
| ~ flaw, blemish | add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective. |
| ~ corrode, rust, eat | cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid.; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" |
| ~ eat away, erode, fret | remove soil or rock.; "Rain eroded the terraces" |
| ~ mutilate, cut up, mangle | destroy or injure severely.; "The madman mutilates art work" |
| ~ shatter | damage or destroy.; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life" |
| ~ mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| ~ wear away, whittle away, whittle down | cut away in small pieces. |
| ~ bang up, smash up, smash | damage or destroy as if by violence.; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother" |
| v. (change) | 7. damage | suffer or be susceptible to damage.; "These fine china cups damage easily" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| destruction | | |
| n. (act) | 1. destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| ~ ending, termination, conclusion | the act of ending something.; "the termination of the agreement" |
| ~ disaster | an act that has disastrous consequences. |
| ~ kill | the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile.; "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" |
| ~ laying waste, ruining, wrecking, ruination, ruin | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. |
| ~ demolishing, tearing down, leveling, razing | complete destruction of a building. |
| ~ annihilation, obliteration | destruction by annihilating something. |
| ~ decimation | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot). |
| ~ self-destruction | the act of destroying yourself.; "his insistence was pure self-destruction" |
| ~ neutralisation, neutralization | (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation). |
| ~ sabotage | a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged. |
| ~ extermination, liquidation | the act of exterminating. |
| ~ holocaust | an act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire).; "a nuclear holocaust" |
| ~ demolition | the act of demolishing. |
| ~ spoliation | (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence. |
| ~ hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism | willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others. |
| n. (event) | 2. demolition, destruction, wipeout | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| ~ conclusion, ending, finish | event whose occurrence ends something.; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" |
| ~ annihilation, disintegration | total destruction.; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll" |
| ~ eradication, obliteration | the complete destruction of every trace of something. |
| ~ ravage, depredation | (usually plural) a destructive action.; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease" |
| ~ razing, wrecking | the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled. |
| ~ ruination, ruin | an event that results in destruction. |
| ~ wrack, rack | the destruction or collapse of something.; "wrack and ruin" |
| n. (state) | 3. death, destruction, end | a final state.; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ruin | | |
| n. (state) | 1. ruin, ruination | an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction.; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" |
| ~ desolation, devastation | the state of being decayed or destroyed. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. ruin | a ruined building.; "they explored several Roman ruins" |
| ~ building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| n. (process) | 3. dilapidation, ruin | the process of becoming dilapidated. |
| ~ decay | the process of gradually becoming inferior. |
| n. (event) | 4. ruin, ruination | an event that results in destruction. |
| ~ demolition, wipeout, destruction | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something. |
| ~ devastation, desolation | an event that results in total destruction. |
| ~ shipwreck | an irretrievable loss.; "that was the shipwreck of their romance" |
| n. (event) | 5. downfall, ruin, ruination | failure that results in a loss of position or reputation. |
| ~ failure | an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose.; "the surprise party was a complete failure" |
| ~ finish | the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict).; "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish" |
| n. (act) | 6. laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. |
| ~ destruction, devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists. |
| v. (contact) | 7. destroy, ruin | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| ~ burn, burn down, fire | destroy by fire.; "They burned the house and his diaries" |
| ~ devastate, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, scourge, waste | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" |
| ~ ravage, harry | make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes. |
| ~ break | find a flaw in.; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" |
| ~ bust, break | ruin completely.; "He busted my radio!" |
| ~ vandalise, vandalize | destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism.; "vandalize the park" |
| ~ do a job on | destroy completely or make ugly or useless.; "The dog did a job on my pillow"; "The seamstress did a job on my wedding gown" |
| ~ subvert | destroy completely.; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis" |
| ~ get | overcome or destroy.; "The ice storm got my hibiscus"; "the cat got the goldfish" |
| ~ devour | destroy completely.; "Fire had devoured our home" |
| ~ despoil, rape, plunder, violate, spoil | destroy and strip of its possession.; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country" |
| ~ explode | destroy by exploding.; "The enemy exploded the bridge" |
| ~ consume | destroy completely.; "The fire consumed the building" |
| ~ shipwreck | destroy a ship.; "The vessel was shipwrecked" |
| ~ bust up, wrack, wreck | smash or break forcefully.; "The kid busted up the car" |
| ~ kick down, kick in | open violently.; "kick in the doors" |
| ~ wash out | wear or destroy by the force of water.; "The hail storms had washed out the bridges" |
| v. (social) | 8. ruin | destroy or cause to fail.; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" |
| ~ frustrate, queer, scotch, thwart, baffle, bilk, foil, cross, spoil | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" |
| ~ undo | cause the ruin or downfall of.; "A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign" |
| ~ break | cause the failure or ruin of.; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" |
| ~ shipwreck | ruin utterly.; "You have shipwrecked my career" |
| v. (possession) | 9. bankrupt, break, ruin, smash | reduce to bankruptcy.; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" |
| ~ impoverish | make poor. |
| v. (contact) | 10. ruin | reduce to ruins.; "The country lay ruined after the war" |
| ~ devastate, lay waste to, ravage, desolate, scourge, waste | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly.; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" |
| v. (contact) | 11. deflower, ruin | deprive of virginity.; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village" |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (change) | 12. ruin | fall into ruin. |
| ~ decay, dilapidate, crumble | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
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