minor damage

collocation in English

meaningsofminoranddamage

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minor
adjective
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nər/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɚ/
having little importance, influence, or effect, especially when compared with other things of the ...
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damage
noun
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪdʒ/
harm ...
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(Definition ofminoranddamagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminor damage

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It causedminordamageand left a few victims.
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Minordamagewas caused to several buses.
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The submarines suffered onlyminordamage.
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Many of these caused onlyminordamage.
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The lifeboat seems to have suffered onlyminordamage.
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A fire was started andminordamagecaused.
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Minordamagecaused to brickwork below a living room window.
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Increasingly stringent criteria of damage exclusion were thus examined using individuals with no worse thanminordamageand m1 values representative of fully expanded wings.
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Minordamageby disruptive inmates is charged to general maintenance and is not separately identifiable.
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Minordamagewas, however, sustained by vehicles involved in four of the incidents.
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Only one case has not been met and that is where onlyminordamagewas involved.
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I am aware thatminordamageis occasionally caused to this road by tanks.
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There was no fire or explosion and only veryminordamage.
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I am quite sure that for allminordamagehe is dead right in this matter.
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The aircraft sufferedminordamageand was able to land at a diversion airfield.
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Some buildings sufferedminordamage, and there was estimated loss of crops of £20,000.
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Mostlyminordamagewas reported.
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The airplane receivedminordamage.
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The car sufferedminordamage.
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It caused onlyminordamage.
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The attacks causedminordamage.
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Both ships sufferedminordamage.
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Onlyminordamagewas done.
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There was onlyminordamage.
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