emphasis Some people say as near as damn it or as near as dammit to emphasize that what they have said is almost completely accurate, but not quite. It's as near as damn it the same thing
emphasis Damn is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying. There's not a damn thing you can do about it now. Damn is also an adverb. As it turned out, I was damn right
If you say that a person or a news report damns something such as a policy or action, you mean that they are very critical of it. a sensational book in which she damns the ultra-right party. = slam see also damned, damning