Damage
Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Restore
Restore verb - To bring back to a former condition or vigor.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Mushroom Samba: Eating 'shrooms relieves some hunger, may restore or damage health, but always takes out a chunk of sanity.
Source: Video Game / Don't Starve - The Engineer: Several droids (and most notably, R2-D2) have the ability to repair damage or restore shields to their ships in the middle of combat.
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In EarthBound, hotels did heal HP damage and restore MP, but didn't get rid of status effects.
Source: Trauma Inn
Cite this Source
Restore and Damage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/restore
Damage & Restore. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/restore>.
Restore or Damage. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/restore.
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