Damn
Damn noun - The smallest amount or part imaginable.
Swear word and damn are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Swear word" instead a noun "Damn".
Swear word
Damn and swear word are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Damn" instead a noun phrase "Swear word".
Both terms in one sentence
- It's also the only time in the entire series that anyone uses a swear word other than "damn."
Source: Precision F Strike / Fan Works - The only occurrence of a swear word stronger than "hell" or "damn" in The Bartimaeus Trilogy (and those were used pretty sparingly too) was when a minor character called Jane Faraar a bitch, which she takes as a compliment.
Source: Precision F Strike / Literature - Many school age children can attest to getting in trouble for saying 'Dam' (the big thing that blocks water, which is mainly used for flood control or providing hydroelectric power, or both), when the teacher though they'd said "Damn" (the swear word, which is short for "Damnation").
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Swear word and Damn. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/damn/swear_word
Damn & Swear word. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/damn/swear_word>.
Swear word or Damn. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/damn/swear_word.
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