Damage is any change to a thing that degrades it from its original state.

Damage may also refer to:

General concepts

  • Collateral damage, unintended damage caused during a military operation
  • Fire damage
  • Foreign object damage, damage to a vehicle or system caused by any foreign substance, debris, or article
  • Hydrogen damage, metal degradation processes due to interaction with hydrogen
  • 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
  • Damage mechanics, damage to materials due to cyclic mechanical loads
  • Biology and medical:
  • Any form of injury
  • Articular cartilage damage
  • Brain damage
  • Cell damage, to a biological cell
  • Nerve damage
  • Somatic damage (disambiguation)

Law

  • Damages, a sum of money awarded by a court of law
  • Institutional damage, unintended consequences to an individual resulting from interaction with an institution

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • Damage (1992 film), a French romantic drama by Louis Malle
  • Damage (2009 film), an American action film by Jeff King, starring Stone Cold Steve Austin
  • Damage (2016 film), a Ugandan drama film by Dhikusooka Denis Jr.
  • Damage (2020 film), an Australian drama film by Madeleine Blackwell
  • "Damage" (Angel), a 2004 episode of Angel
  • "Damage" (Star Trek: Enterprise), a 2004 episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
  • "Damage" (Supergirl), a 2017 episode of Supergirl

Gaming

  • The general loss of a character or enemy's health, caused by an attack or injury
  • Damage Incorporated, a 1998 computer game for Mac and Windows by Paranoid Productions
  • Damage over time, a game design concept
  • Quad damage, a power-up in the first-person shooter computer game series Quake
  • Splash damage, damage taken by players or objects in the area surrounding a point of weapon impact
  • Splash Damage, British computer game developer

Literature

  • Damage (DC Comics), a comic book character from DC Comics
  • Damage (Hart novel), a 1991 novel by Josephine Hart
  • Damage (Jenkins novel), a 2001 young adult novel by A. M. Jenkins
  • Damage (Marvel Comics), a comic book character from Marvel Comics
  • Damage, a fictional card game in the 1987 Iain M. Banks novel Consider Phlebas

Music

  • Damage (American band), a 1980s New York hardcore punk band
  • Damage (British group), an R&B group from the 1990s
  • DJ Damage, Australian hip hop DJ and turntablist
  • Damage, the original name of Swedish metal band Morgana Lefay

Albums

  • Damage (Blues Explosion album) or the title song, 2004
  • Damage (Jimmy Eat World album) or the title song (see below), 2013
  • Damage (Kosheen album) or the title song, 2007
  • Damage: Live or the title song, by David Sylvian and Robert Fripp, 1994/2001
  • The Damage, by Ludus, 2002

Songs

  • "Damage" (H.E.R. song), 2020
  • "Damage" (Jimmy Eat World song), 2013
  • "Damage" (Mýa song), 2018
  • "Damage" (Pharoahe Monch song), 2012
  • "Damage" (You Am I song), 2000
  • "The Damage" (song), by Marillion, 2004
  • "Damage", by Chris Brown from Exclusive, 2007
  • "Damage", by the Cooper Temple Clause from Make This Your Own, 2007
  • "Damage", by Exo from Don't Mess Up My Tempo, 2018
  • "Damage", by Fit for Rivals, 2009
  • "Damage", by Just B from Just Burn, 2021
  • "Damage", by Lights from A6, 2024
  • "Damage", by Myka Relocate from The Young Souls, 2015
  • "Damage", by Namie Amuro, 2012
  • "Damage", by PartyNextDoor from Seven Days, 2017
  • "Damage", by Tiefschwarz, 2006
  • "Damage", by Yo La Tengo from I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One, 1997

People

  • Damage, a persona used by American wrestler Rodney Begnaud (born 1970), best known as Rodney Mack

See also

  • Damages (disambiguation)
  • Damaged (disambiguation)
  • Damage Control (disambiguation)
  • Damage Done (disambiguation)
  • Damageplan, American heavy metal band
  • Damaging quotation, a short utterance by a public figure used by opponents as a discrediting tactic
  • Break (disambiguation)
  • Corrosion
  • Degradation (disambiguation)
  • Destroy (disambiguation)
  • Dam (disambiguation)