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DAMAGE CONTROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does damage control mean? 

DAMAGE CONTROL (noun)
  The noun DAMAGE CONTROL has 1 sense:

1. an effort to minimize or curtail damage or lossplay

  Familiarity information: DAMAGE CONTROL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DAMAGE CONTROL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An effort to minimize or curtail damage or loss

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("damage control" is a kind of...):

control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)


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