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damaging

adjective

dam·​ag·​ing ˈda-mi-jiŋ How to pronounce damaging (audio)
: causing or able to cause damage : injurious
has a damaging effect on wildlife
damagingly adverb

Example Sentences

the damaging effects of the sun on your skin The storm may produce damaging winds. He says he has damaging information about the candidate. The evidence was very damaging to their case.
Recent Examples on the Web Watch for a period of strong, gusty, perhaps damaging winds, lightning, downpours, and at least some chance for hail this evening as this moves into Greater Houston. Dan Carson, Chron, 7 Sep. 2022 But climate scientists have warned that extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and damaging as a result of global warming. Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Agee Smith’s father got so angry at beavers in part because the sides of their dams would fail during the rush of the spring snow melt, sending damaging sediment onto his hayfields. The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Eumelanin also absorbs damaging ultraviolet radiation. Nina G. Jablonski, The Conversation, 6 Sep. 2022 Power mowers, which can’t maneuver easily enough under panels to avoid the risk of damaging equipment, are of limited use. Amrith Ramkumar, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 The heat has already sparked damaging wildfires and stressed the state's power grid. Editors, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022 Officers learned that a 15-year-old girl had thrown a loose piece of cement at a car and, when questioned about damaging vehicles, spit at a teacher. cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022 The problem was a flood of Dalí lithograph forgeries passed off as originals soon swamped the art market, and landed the artist and his entourage in a damaging scandal. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1828, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of damaging was circa 1828

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