Damage
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"Damaged" redirects here. For other uses, see Damaged (disambiguation) and Damage (disambiguation).
Damage is any change in a thing, often a physical object, that degrades it away from its initial state. It can broadly be defined as "changes introduced into a system that adversely affect its current or future performance".[1] Damage "does not necessarily imply total loss of system functionality, but rather that the system is no longer operating in its optimal manner".[1] Damage to physical objects is "the progressive physical process by which they break",[2]: 1. and includes mechanical stress that weakens a structure, even if this is not visible.[2]: ix.