Damage
Damage noun - Something that causes loss or pain.
Suffering and damage are semantically related. in destruction topic. In some cases you can use "Suffering" instead a noun "Damage", when it comes to topics like injury.
How words are described
| emotional | emotional damage | emotional suffering |
| physical | physical damage | physical suffering |
| pure | pure damage | pure suffering |
| considerable | considerable damage | considerable suffering |
| Other adjectives: continuous, poor, actual, real, constant, severe, massive, extreme, great, serious, little, major, incredible, mental, psychological, less, further, immense, greater, magical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, they won't attack (not even with auto-attacks) if the enemy does spike damage and the AI's health is too low to survive suffering from Spike damage.
Source: Videogame / Xenoblade - Averted in the TOCA Race Driver games, where cars will take damage realistically, suffering performance hits with increased damage.
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Major Injury Underreaction: "I'm shot." Fred's reaction to the ship suffering catastrophic damage, flying at unsafe speeds, and his engineering crew hanging from the scaffolding amid explosions?
Source: Film / Galaxy Quest
Cite this Source
Suffering and Damage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/suffering
Damage & Suffering. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/suffering>.
Suffering or Damage. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/suffering.
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