Usually means: Managing problems to minimize impact.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word damage control:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. damage control: Merriam-Webster
  2. damage control: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. damage control: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. damage control: Collins English Dictionary
  5. damage control: Vocabulary.com
  6. damage-control: Wordnik
  7. damage control: Wiktionary
  8. damage control: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. damage-control, damage control: Dictionary.com
  10. Damage Control (TV series), Damage Control (album), Damage Control (comics), Damage Control (company), Damage control (disambiguation), Damage control: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. damage control: Rhymezone
  12. damage control: FreeDictionary.org
  13. damage control: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. damage-control, damage control: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. damage-control, damage control: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. damage-control, damage control: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (damage control)

noun:  The limiting of damage resulting from an action when damage cannot be avoided.
noun:  (nautical) A department or group, as aboard a naval vessel, responsible for taking action to control damage caused by fire, collision, etc.
noun:  (public relations) Any efforts, as by a company or organization, to curtail losses, counteract unfavorable publicity, etc.

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