Damaging
//ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ// adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 gerund of damage: an act of causing damage. form-of, gerund
"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."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of damage form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 Causing damage; harmful, injurious.
"One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence."
Adjective
- 1 designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions wordnet
- 2 (sometimes followed by ‘to’) causing harm or injury wordnet
Example
More examples"Pollution is damaging our earth."
Etymology
From damage + -ing.
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