Collocations for "damaged"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "damaged" in context.
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damage
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [repairable, irreparable, serious, superficial] damage
- [property, brain] damage
- [severe, terminal, permanent] (brain) damage
- sustained [liver, lung, heart] damage
- [severe, slight] [liver] damage
- [water, storm, fire, smoke] damage
- caused damage to [his liver, the property]
- cause damage to
- inflict damage on
- damage to [property, goods]
- caused (permanent) damage to her [eardrum, hearing]
- damage (done) to your [car, reputation, self esteem, pride, property]
- damage from the [storm, hurricane, accident, crash]
- damaged caused by the [storm]
- (the insurance) does not cover [storm] damage
- repair the damage of
- the damage is (already) done
- the resulting damage of
- had to pay damages (for)
- was paid damages
- is suing for damages
- the cost of the damages could [reach, exceed] ($5 million)
- were [considered, just, merely] collateral damage
- caught in the collateral damage of
- damage [limitation, reports]
- a [strategy, case] of damage limitation
- damage the [product, package, box, goods]
- damaged in [transit, shipment]
- damaged during [transit]
- [could, must] have been damaged (during transit)
- damaged on arrival
- damaged his [property, car, house]
- the [fire, storm, explosion] damaged his [house]
- damaged by the [storm, hurricane, hail]
- damaged from the [storm]
- damaged beyond repair
- [severely, badly, irreparably] damaged
- (has) damaged his [reputation, relationship, name, image]
- damaging your [case, chances]
- this [wood, material, furniture] damages easily
'damaged' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
badly
- blade
- brain
- cap
- claw
- damage
- defective
- faulty
- fell
- fin
- flawed
- flood
- foundation
- gale
- good
- hail
- harm
- image
- inner
- internal
- joint
- local
- lost
- moisture
- moth
- national
- nerve
- plaster
- protest
- rebate
- recall
- recognition
- refund
- rejection
- relay
- reputation
- retrieval
- rigging
- riot
- root
- rot
- rudder
- salvage
- scalp
- seriously
- spleen
- storm
- stormy
- suede
- surge