damage control

NOUN

containment of damage or loss

Synonyms

WEAK

compensation correction damage assessment disaster control recompense troubleshooting

Example Sentences

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Deploying botanical damage control, drawings were overlaid with the outlines of luxuriant trees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The Navy acknowledged there had been some issues, citing the vessel's leadership as saying "clog incidents are addressed promptly by trained damage control and engineering personnel, with minimal downtime".

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But by the time he got there, his monologue had been transformed from a pure celebration of his overnight success into an exercise in damage control.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

A day after federal prosecutors announced that the catastrophic Palisades fire was caused by the rekindling of a smaller arson fire days earlier, Los Angeles city officials were in damage control mode.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

He dug out his iPad to do some damage control.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty