damages
Example Sentences
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"Working at night is not good, it damages your health," said Alba.
From Barron's
In March, RBI had already confirmed that it had to pay more than two billion euros in damages to Rasperia, an investment company.
From Barron's
A hidden consequence of disasters, distinct from the traumas afflicting each person, was a shredding of “social life that damages the bonds attaching people together and impairs a prevailing sense of communality,” he wrote.
If they close down, it damages the increasingly fragile sense of community.
From Salon
The U.S. government accepted fault for a midair collision earlier this year that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., saying it is willing to pay damages to the families in connection with the incident.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
