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DAMAGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harmed or injured or spoiled
Example:
the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings
Classified under:
Similar:
battered; beat-up; beaten-up (damaged by blows or hard usage)
bedraggled; broken-down; derelict; dilapidated; ramshackle; tatterdemalion; tumble-down (in deplorable condition)
bent; crumpled; dented (of metal e.g.)
broken; busted (out of working order ('busted' is an informal substitute for 'broken'))
broken-backed (having the spine damaged)
hurt; weakened (damaged; used of inanimate objects or their value)
knocked-out (damaged)
riddled ((often followed by 'with') damaged throughout by numerous perforations or holes)
storm-beaten (damaged by storm)
Also:
blemished (marred by imperfections)
broken (physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split)
destroyed (spoiled or ruined or demolished)
impaired (diminished in strength, quality, or utility)
injured (harmed)
Antonym:
undamaged (not harmed or spoiled; sound)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being unjustly brought into disrepute
Example:
her damaged reputation
Synonyms:
damaged; discredited
Classified under:
Similar:
disreputable (lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb damage
Context examples:
The transfer of an organ (or part of one) from one body to another, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor.
(Organ Transplantation, NCI Thesaurus)
However, in retinitis pigmentosa the researchers found that the microglia target damaged but living photoreceptors, in addition to dead ones.
(In blinding eye disease, trash-collecting cells go awry, accelerate damage, NIH)
In rats with damaged hearts, the combination also allowed the transplanted cells to survive and restore lost heart muscle and blood vessel cells.
(New stem cell combination could help to repair damaged hearts, University of Cambridge)
In seconds, surgeons will know what part of the tissue to extract, how much to cut, and what not to touch so healthy tissue is not damaged.
(New Invention Detects Cancer in Seconds, VOA/Elizabeth Lee)
Proteasomes are large protease complexes that degrade unneeded or damaged proteins that have been ubiquitinated.
(Oprozomib, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene is involved in base excision repair of oxidatively damaged DNA.
(OGG1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon intravenous administration, these ALDH bright cells may protect normal cells and may repair damaged cells.
(Autologous Pluripotent ALDHbr Stem Cells ALD-451, NCI Thesaurus)
It is also known as bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).Chronic lung disease is a condition in which damaged tissue in a newborn baby's lungs causes breathing and health problems.
(Chronic Lung Disorder, NICHD)
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) means that your kidneys are damaged and can't filter blood as they should.
(Chronic Kidney Disease, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
AZD7762 binds to and inhibits Chks, which may prevent cell cycle arrest and subsequent nucleotide excision repair in DNA-damaged tumor cells, resulting in tumor cell apoptosis.
(Checkpoint Kinase Inhibitor AZD7762, NCI Thesaurus)
