Damage
Damage verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.
Support
Support verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
How words are described
| emotional | emotional damage | emotional support |
| good | good damage | good support |
| physical | physical damage | physical support |
| full | full damage | full support |
| Other adjectives: better, considerable, critical, real, constant, massive, extensive, great, little, major, less, minimal, further, extra, additional, significant, structural, magical, ranged. | ||
Common collocations
| party | damage party | support party |
| body | damage body | support body |
| relationship | damage relationship | support relationship |
| claims | damage claims | support claims |
| Other words: allies. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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While it's possible for a character to use them all, most armor has a Set Bonus that increases damage and other buffs that support each damage type.
Source: Video Game / Terraria - The Bloodlust support gem causes melee attacks it is linked to to deal 40-60% more damage to bleeding enemies.
Source: Situational Damage Attack - But due to difficulties mobilizing support crafts and hand-held weaponry not capable of extensive enough damage, they were still relying heavily on Autobot support during the course of ROTF.
Source: Badass Normal / Film
Cite this Source
Support and Damage. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/support
Damage & Support. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/support>.
Support or Damage. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/damage/support.
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