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damaging

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dam·age  (dmj)
n.
1. Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.
2. damages Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.
3. Informal Cost; price.
v. dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es
v.tr.
To cause damage to.
v.intr.
To suffer or be susceptible to damage.

[Middle English, from Old French : dam, loss (from Latin damnum) + -age, -age.]

damage·a·bili·ty n.
damage·a·ble adj.
damag·ing·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.damaging - (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant"
harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking"
2.damaging - designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"
destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

damaging
Translations
damaging [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] ADJ (gen) → dañino (fig) → perjudicial (to para)
damaging [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj [information] → préjudiciable
to have damaging consequences → avoir des conséquences néfastes
a damaging effect on → un effet néfaste sur
to be damaging to [+ environment, health] → être nuisible à; [+ reputation, career, morale, economy] → être préjudiciable à, être nuisible à
damaging
adjschädlich; remarksabträglich; to be damaging to somebody/somethingsich auf jdn/etw schädigend or schädlich auswirken, schädlich für jdn/etw sein; that was a damaging blow to his pridedas hat seinem Stolz einen empfindlichen Schlag versetzt
damaging [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj damaging (to)nocivo/a (a)
damaging [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj damaging (to)nocivo/a (a)


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Let us beware of awakening those dead ones, and of damaging those living coffins!
But the populace, seeing in that title an allusion damaging to Barbicane's project, broke into the auditorium, smashed the benches, and compelled the unlucky director to alter his playbill.
That's abominable of you, Socrates; you take the words in the sense which is most damaging to the argument.
 
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