The phrase "augment the damage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to express the idea of increasing or enhancing the extent of damage caused by something.
Example: "The heavy rainfall and flooding can augment the damage to the infrastructure, leading to costly repairs."
Alternatives: "increase the damage" or "intensify the damage."
It was inferred from these findings that ultrafine TiO2 could augment the damage in the pre-inflamed but not the healthy brain.
"These rays aren't the ones that cause sunburns when you go to the beach, but they can augment the damage done.
Hence, the question with respect to future disasters is not if but when, and failure to plan for and anticipate future catastrophes will only compound and augment the damage, whether it results from a hurricane, an earthquake, a bioterrorist attack, famine, or a viral pandemic.
There is claim by such theories that a vicious cycle is generated within mitochondria wherein reactive oxygen species (ROS) is produced in increased amount thereby augmenting the damage potential [ 139].
A study on the activity of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) against R. oryzae, R. microsporus, and L. corymbifera revealed that interferon (IFN -gamma and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stIFN -gammafandor (granulocyte-macrophagephal damage of all three zygomycetes.
Preclinical studies indicate autophagy inhibition with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) can augment the efficacy of DNA-damaging therapy.
Increased levels of DNA damage then augment the signal initiating apoptosis.
Our studies demonstrate that the transplantation of autologous mitochondria, isolated from the patient's own body, and then directly injected into the myocardial during early reperfusion augment the function of native mitochondria damaged during ischemia and enhances myocardial post-ischemic functional recovery and cellular viability.
However, the long residence time of the intact Ab in the blood may augment the risk of non-specific radiation damage (e.g., bone marrow).
Blockade of the adenosine receptor with caffeine does not augment the inflammatory response or subsequent organ damage.
In contrast to these results, in our human endotoxemia model, caffeine did not augment the immune response nor did it increase (subclinical) organ damage.
