damaging

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of damage#English|damage

Adjective

damaging

1. Harmful; injurious; causing damage.

   The politician resigned after damaging information was revealed.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:harmful

Antonyms

• beneficial (causing benefit)
• undamaging (causing no damage)

Translations

• Italian: dannoso, lesivo
• Russian: поврежда́ющий
• Spanish: lesivo, dañino, injurioso

Noun

damaging (plural damagings)

1. An act of causing damage.
   • 1855, Charles Dickens, Household Worlds

     That immortal creature had gone over the proofs with great pains — had of course taken out the stiflings — hard-plungings, lungeings, and other convulsions — and had also taken out her weakenings and damagings of her own effects.

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