Damage

Words to do with the breaking and undoing of things.

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F is for Flaw

A flaw is a quality of something that stops it from being perfect.
A flaw is also called a defect or imperfection.

F is for Fracture

A fracture is a break in a bone or other hard part of the body. The picture is an x-ray of a cat who has a fractured leg.

G is for Gash

A gash is a large, deep, jagged wound.

The dog in the picture has had a gash on his face stitched up.
An imperfection, or flaw, stops something from being perfect.

K is for Kink

A kink is a sharp bend or twist in something that might even stop it from functioning properly.

For example, a kink in a hose can stop or slow the flow of water.

R is for Rip

Rip is another word for tear, where you damage something by pulling it in two different directions at once until it breaks.

R is for Ripped

Ripped is the past tense of rip. Something that has been damaged by being ripped is described as being ripped.
A similar word to ripped is torn.

R is for Rot

Something rots as it breaks into smaller pieces and disintegrates, usually because it is decaying.

R is for Ruin

Ruins are what remains of a house or some other building when it has not been looked after for a long time and starts to fall apart.
Ruins of buildings that are very, very old are often considered to be very interesting, and people will come from a long way to look at them.

R is for Rust

Rust is what happens to iron when there is moisture around. Things will rust faster if there is any salt in the water, which happens often near the sea or if salt has been used to de-ice roads or href="/s/sidewalk">sidewalk.
Rust is a distinctive reddish-brown. It is common to see old cars falling apart from rust.

S is for Shard

A shard is a broken fragment of something, particularly broken glass or earthenware.

S is for Shipwreck

A shipwreck is the remains of a ship that has been destroyed at sea or along the coast.

Shipwrecks are usually under the sea, and people try and find shipwrecks hoping they have treasure inside.

S is for Shot

Something has been shot, if it was damaged by someone shooting at it. The glass in the picture has been shot, and has a bullet hole in it.
Shot is the past tense of shoot.

S is for Smear

A smear is a smudge of something oily, for example you might smear some butter on your toast. It could also mean any mark or stain that looks like an oily smear.
The woman in the picture has smeared lipstick.

S is for Smudge

A smudge is a place where something clean or sharply drawn has been wiped with something and it has been blurred.

S is for Stain

A stain is a mark made on something that is very difficult to remove. Sometimes stains are accidental, like the ink stain on the clothes in the picture, and sometimes stains are put on something to change the color on purpose.
Cheap, light colored wood like pine is often stained to look like a darker, more expensive wood.

T is for Tear

You tear something when you pull it in two different directions at the same time until it breaks in a line. When you tear paper it leaves a rough edge. Another word for tear is rip.

T is for Torn

Something is torn if it has been damaged by ripping or tearing it. The mattress in the picture is torn.

W is for Warped

Warped means that something has been deformed or damaged due to weather, temperature or force.