| has gloss | (verb) inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
damage |
| lexicalization | eng: damage |
| subclass of | (verb) cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
alter, change, modify |
| has subclass | (verb) cut away in small pieces
whittle down, wear away, whittle away |
| has subclass | (verb) damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"
bang up, smash up, smash |
| has subclass | (verb) burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"
burn |
| has subclass | (verb) damage by frost; "The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown"
frost |
| has subclass | (verb) cause to leak; "the collision bilged the vessel"
bilge |
| has subclass | (verb) render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
break |
| has subclass | (verb) damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
total |
| has subclass | (verb) damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure; "The customer bruised the strawberries by squeezing them"
bruise |
| has subclass | (verb) damage as if by shaking or jarring; "Don't disturb the patient's wounds by moving him too rapidly!"
disturb |
| has subclass | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the plague"
smite, afflict |
| has subclass | (verb) cause damage or affect negatively; "Our business was hurt by the new competition"
injure, hurt |
| has subclass | (verb) make worse or less effective; "His vision was impaired"
impair |
| has subclass | (verb) add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
flaw, blemish |
| has subclass | (verb) cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
eat, rust, corrode |
| has subclass | (verb) remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces"
eat away, erode, fret |
| has subclass | (verb) destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
mutilate, cut up, mangle |
| has subclass | (verb) damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered her life"
shatter |
| has subclass | (verb) make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
impair, deflower, mar, spoil, vitiate |