property damage
noun
: damage or destruction to houses, cars, etc.
Few people were hurt during the storm, but property damage was great.
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This was calculated from the social cost of carbon, a measure that considers things like human health effects, agricultural productivity and property damage from natural disasters.
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Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Another firefighter was charged in 2024 with two felonies — first-degree harassment and first-degree property damage — for allegedly urinating on a female co-worker’s personal and professional belongings.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
The warnings instructed people to move to interior rooms on the lowest floors and avoid windows due to the risk of falling trees and property damage.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The decision to kill the bear was based on ongoing concern for human safety, property damage to camping equipment and the bear learning to defeat the park's backcountry food storage poles to obtain human food, according to NPS.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 July 2025
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Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Another firefighter was charged in 2024 with two felonies — first-degree harassment and first-degree property damage — for allegedly urinating on a female co-worker’s personal and professional belongings.
—Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
The warnings instructed people to move to interior rooms on the lowest floors and avoid windows due to the risk of falling trees and property damage.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
The decision to kill the bear was based on ongoing concern for human safety, property damage to camping equipment and the bear learning to defeat the park's backcountry food storage poles to obtain human food, according to NPS.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 19 July 2025
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“Property damage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property%20damage. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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