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damaging

[ dam-i-jing ]

adjective

  1. causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.


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Other Word Forms

  • 岹a·Բ· adverb
  • ԴDz·岹a·Բ adjective
  • non·岹a·Բ· adverb
  • ܲ·岹a·Բ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of damaging1

First recorded in 1850–55; damage + -ing 2
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The region sees damaging floods during the monsoon season, which begins in June and lasts until September.

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CAN put together alleged criminal cases against those company bosses they argue are causing public nuisance by damaging the environment.

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Disrupting the ecological equilibrium always has the potential to cause hazards to human health directly, or to risk altering or damaging the environment we depend upon or merely appreciate for its intrinsic value.

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The following week the London mayor said he would "scrutinise carefully any new proposals" but that he was "simply not convinced" the expansion could go ahead without damaging the environment.

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Even the death penalty isn't off the table - not just for murder or mutiny, but for damaging an oil or gas pipeline or a sentry caught sleeping on duty.

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