Damage and Flaw

Similar meaning words

Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: the explosion in the sewers damaged the entire city's water supply

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Flaw is a synonym for damage in better topic. In some cases you can use "Flaw" instead the word "Damage" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: damaged, damaging, damageable

Flaw noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

Usage example: noted the flaw in the diamond before I bought it

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Damage is a synonym for flaw in better topic. Sometimes you can use "Damage" instead the word "Flaw" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: flawed, flawless, flawlessly

good	good damage	good flaw
physical	physical damage	physical flaw
critical	critical damage	critical flaw
actual	actual damage	actual flaw
Other adjectives: real, massive, large, big, great, serious, huge, little, major, possible, minor, fatal, significant.

Action 52 is infamous for having spectacularly bad (and inconsistent) collision damage in its shoot-em-up games, to the point where it is arguably their greatest flaw.

Source: Collision Damage
This is his biggest flaw, and results in a lot of the damage he accidentally inflicts on everyone around him.

Source: Literature / Shadow Ops
The main flaw was that the double did not display battle damage or accumulate dirt making it easy to recognize over a prolonged battle.

Source: Doppelgänger Attack

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