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sustain damageto receive or suffer damage, harm, or injury

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: to receive or suffer damage, harm, or injury

Pronunciation (IPA): /səˈsteɪn ˈdæmɪdʒ/

Korean meaning: 손상을 입다, 피해를 받다

Korean pronunciation: 서**스테**인 **댐**미지

Example Sentences

  • My phone sustained damage when I dropped it in the toilet.
  • The car sustained significant damage in the parking lot accident.
  • The company's reputation sustained damage after the scandal broke.

sustain damage

NOUN

//səˈsteɪn ˈdæmɪdʒ//

to receive or suffer damage, harm, or injury

sustain damage concept
💡 Concept

a construction worker looks up in alarm as a loose brick falls from scaffolding above. The brick strikes his hard hat with visible impact lines radiating outward. His helmet shows a clear crack running across the front surface from the collision. The worker staggers slightly backward with a pained expression on his face. Other construction workers nearby rush toward him with concerned expressions. A supervisor points at the damaged scaffolding where more loose bricks are visible. the worker sustaining damage from the falling debris

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sustain damage rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Sustain damage but maintain hope, contain the breach!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/səˈsteɪn ˈdæmɪdʒ/
🇬🇧 UK/səˈsteɪn ˈdæmɪdʒ/

🌳Etymology

Rootsustain

Origin

sustain은 라틴어 'sustinere'(아래에서 떠받치다)에서 왔고, damage는 라틴어 'damnum'(손실)에서 유래했습니다. 마치 무언가를 떠받치고 있던 것이 손실을 받아들이게 되는 상황을 표현합니다.

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🎵Rhyme

maintaincontainretain
maintain
contain
retain

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My phone sustained damage when I dropped it in the toilet.

The car sustained significant damage in the parking lot accident.

The company's reputation sustained damage after the scandal broke.

😄 Fun example

His ego sustained damage when his cooking show was cancelled.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

suffer damageincur damagereceive harmundergo damage

Antonyms

avoid damageprevent harmstay intact

Related

damage assessmentrepairinsurance claimcompensation