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"damage" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often harm (4 letters).
Definitions
inflict damage upon
Word origin
From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Largely displaced native Middle English scath (whence unscathed). Cognate with Spanish daño.
Used in a sentence
“the damage is already done”
“The storm did a lot of damage to the area.”
“Great errors and absurdities many […]commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Harm done”6 letters
02“Harm to property”6 letters
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