Definitions

damage control

NOUN

containment of damage or loss

Synonyms

WEAK

compensation correction damage assessment disaster control recompense troubleshooting

Example Sentences

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Is there any damage control that can be done?

From Slate • May 7, 2026

In the days after OpenAI signed its contract with the Pentagon, the company went into damage control mode.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Such damage control could revive their stocks after this year’s brutal selloff, driven by fears that AI would render software and services providers irrelevant.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 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