Betekenis van damage In het Nederlands

• 0 to harm or spoil something:

  • Many buildings were badly damaged during the war.

  • It was a scandal that damaged a lot of reputations.

• 1 harm or injury:

  • Strong winds had caused serious damage to the roof.

  • Recent discoveries about corruption have done serious damage to the company's reputation.

  • The doctors were worried that he might have suffered brain damage.

  • The politician was awarded £50,000 in damages over false allegations made by the newspaper.

  • The police have been ordered to pay substantial damages to the families of the two dead boys.

• 2 to harm or spoil something:

  • Many buildings were badly damaged by the earthquake.

  • News reports damaged the senator’s reputation.

• 3 harm or injury:

  • The fire did serious damage to the buildings.

  • He suffered brain damage in the accident.

• 4 harm that is done to someone or something that makes them less successful:

  • damage to sth/sb The firm was lucky to get away with little damage to its reputation.

  • do/cause damage (to sth/sb) The pensions scandal did a lot of damage to the Government's credibility.

  • inflict damage on sth/sb Public relations disasters could inflict damage on the brand.

  • The solicitors say their clients will hold the bank liable for any loss and damage suffered as a result of the arrangements.

  • severe/irreparable/serious damage

  • economic/financial damage

• 5 physical harm that is done to something:

  • They asked their insurers to assess the damage so that they could make a claim.

  • do/cause damage (to sth) The government estimates the damage done by the fires at millions of pounds.

  • Roofs are most likely to suffer damage during a hurricane.

  • storm/wind/water damage

  • severe/irreparable/serious damage

  • environmental/structural damage

• 6 money that a person or organization is ordered by a court of law to pay to another person or organization because they are responsible for harming them in some way:

  • They want the rival company to withdraw the product and pay damages.

  • £140,000/$12 million, etc. in damages Juries have been handing out millions of dollars in damages for minor injuries.

  • A party failing to fulfil their part of the contract will presumably be liable for damages.

  • award damages (to sb) In addition to the damages awarded to Robertson, his wife was awarded $500,000.

  • claim/seek/sue for damages (for sth) He was seeking damages for breach of contract,.

  • be awarded/receive/recover damages (for sth) If the odds of survival fell because of a missed diagnosis, victims would be able to try to recover damages.

• 7 harm has been caused and it is too late to change the situation:

  • Even though he was acquitted, the damage was done.

• 8 to harm someone or something in a way that makes them less successful:

  • The Chancellor is being urged not to take steps that could damage Britain's competitiveness.

  • They feared that public knowledge of the deal might damage them.

  • seriously/severely/irreparably damage sb/sth He is suing his colleague on the grounds that her accusations severely damaged his reputation.

• 9 to physically harm something:

  • People who are under-insured won't be able to rebuild if their homes are damaged by a hurricane.

  • seriously/severely/irreparably damage sth The fire completely destroyed five buildings and severely damaged several more.