Noun

Singular damage

Plural damages

damage (plural damages)

1. The abstract measure of something not being intact; harm.

   The storm did a lot of damage to the area.

2. (slang) Cost or expense.

   "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

Verb

Infinitive to damage

Third person singular damages

Simple past damaged

Past participle damaged

Present participle damaging

to damage (third-person singular simple present damages, present participle damaging, simple past and past participle damaged)

1. To make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction.

   Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.

Damage may refer to:

In gaming:

• Damage Incorporated, a computer game for Mac and Windows made by Paranoid Productions in 1998
• Quad damage, a powerup in the first-person shooter computer game series Quake
• Splash damage, a term used in several types of games

In law:

• See Damages (disambiguation)
• Institutional damage, unintended consequences to an individual resulting from interaction with an institution
• Property damage, destruction done to public or private property

In literature:

• Damage (comics), a comic book character from DC Comics
• Damage (fictional game), a card game described in the science fiction novel Consider Phlebas
• Damage (novel), a 1991 novel by Josephine Hart

In music:

• Damage (British band), a British R&B boy band who achieved late success in the 1990s with ten hit singles and four Top Tens
• Damage (band), a New York hardcore band, active 1983-1988
• "Damage" (single), a free download single released by contemporary rock band The Cooper Temple Clause
• Damage 381, an album by Extreme Noise Terror
• Damage: Live, a 1994/2001 album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp
• The Damage, a collection of Ludus songs culled from the Manchester post-punk group's albums, singles, b-sides, and live recordings
• Damage (album), a 2007 album by Kosheen
• Damage (Blues Explosion album), a 2004 album by Blues Explosion

In television and film:

• "Damage" (Angel), a 2004 episode of Angel
• "Damage" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2004 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
• Damage, a 1992 film by Louis Malle
• Damage (2009), afilm by Jeff King, starring Stone Cold Steve Austin
• Damages (TV series), a legal drama

In medicine:

• Injury, e.g. brain damage

In other fields:

• Hydrogen damage, the generic name given to a large number of metal degradation processes due to interaction with hydrogen
• Somatic damage, a disease
• Water damage, a large number of possible losses caused by water intruding where it will enable attack of a material