Damage (disambiguation)

Ordinary English usage

In ordinary English usage, damage is physical harm to something. Damages is not the simple plural of damage; an event causing damage to many things is said to cause much damage, not many damages; and it may cause damage, not damages, to a certain monetary value. Damages is a sum of money awarded by a court of law.

Examples of use of damage include:

Fire damage, damage done by fire
Property damage, damage to public or private property
Radiation damage, damage or injury due to ionizing radiation
Water damage, damage done by water to materials not resistant to the effect of water
Some forms of harm in medicine caused by damage to particular organs or tissues:

Damage may also refer to:

Film and television

Damage, a 1992 film by Louis Malle
Damage (2009), a film by Jeff King, starring Stone Cold Steve Austin
"Damage" (Angel), a 2004 episode of Angel
"Damage" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2004 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise

Gaming

Damage Incorporated, a computer game for Mac and Windows made by Paranoid Productions in 1998
Damage over time, a game design concept
Quad damage, a powerup in the first-person shooter computer game series Quake
Splash damage, a term used in several types of games

Law

Institutional damage, unintended consequences to an individual resulting from interaction with an institution

Literature

Damage (comics), a comic book character from DC Comics
Damage (fictional game), a card game described in the science fiction novel Consider Phlebas
Damage (novel), a 1991 novel by Josephine Hart

Music

Damage (band), a New York hardcore band, active 1983-1988
Damage (British band), a British R&B boy band who achieved late success in the 1990s with ten hit singles and four Top Tens
"Damage" (single), a free download single released by contemporary rock band The Cooper Temple Clause
Damage: Live, a 1994/2001 album by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp
Damage (album), a 2007 album by Kosheen
Damage (Blues Explosion album), a 2004 album by Blues Explosion
Damage 381, an album by Extreme Noise Terror
The Damage, a collection of Ludus songs culled from the Manchester post-punk group's albums, singles, b-sides, and live recordings

Medicine

Somatic damage, a disease

Other

Hydrogen damage, the generic name given to a large number of metal degradation processes due to interaction with hydrogen