Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Damage \Dam"age\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Damages}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Damaging}.] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See {Damage}, n.]
   To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to
   hurt; to injure; to impair.

         He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a
         broadside, with which he killed many of his men and
         damaged the ship.                        --Clarendon.

Source : WordNet®

damages
     n : a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury [syn:
          {amends}, {indemnity}, {indemnification}, {restitution},
          {redress}]