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predamage

predamage verb: to damage in advance (for example when testing the strength of a material or structure).

Verb

predamage (third-person singular simple present predamages, present participle predamaging, simple past and past participle predamaged)

  1. (transitive) To damage in advance (for example when testing the strength of a material or structure).

Noun

predamage (uncountable)

  1. Damage produced in advance.

Forms of predamage

third-person singular presentpredamages
present participlepredamaging
past participlepredamaged
pastpredamaged

Origin of predamage

pre- + damage

Questions about predamage

What does predamage mean?
Predamage means to damage in advance (for example when testing the strength of a material or structure).
What part of speech is predamage?
Predamage can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of predamage?
The past tense of predamage is predamaged.

Words near predamage in the dictionary

  1. predacious
  2. predaciousness
  3. predacities
  4. predacity
  5. predal
  6. predamage
  7. predamaged
  8. predamages
  9. predamaging
  10. predamn
  11. predamnation

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