- present participle of damage.
damaging
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Corals are heat sensitive and particularly vulnerable to human-driven climate change, which is warming the world's oceans and increasing the frequency and intensity of damaging bleaching events.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
As strong as these winds are, the most damaging winds will run to the south of the low pressure centre.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
This would have a deeply damaging impact on most American households.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Together, these findings indicated that TIMP2 helps prevent microglia from shifting toward potentially damaging states.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Sam Waksal dumped his ImClone stock when he got early word of a damaging report from the Food and Drug Administration; his friend Martha Stewart also dumped her shares, then lied about the reason.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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