damaging

[dam-i-jing]

adjective

1. causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.

Other Word Forms

• damagingly adverb
• nondamaging adjective
• nondamagingly adverb
• undamaging adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of damaging¹

First recorded in 1850–55; damage + -ing ²

Example Sentences

But during a test in August, a mechanical issue caused a nail to be sucked into the aircraft’s intake, damaging the engine, according to people familiar with the matter.

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"It was incredibly terrifying and incredibly traumatic and damaging," she says.

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These revived cells not only showed improved energy levels but also became more resistant to cell death, even when they were later exposed to damaging treatments such as chemotherapy.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves faces some tough choices on Wednesday when she sets out a budget that strives to narrow the country’s fiscal gap without damaging growth.

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies, an independent economic think tank, has described the duty as "one of the most economically damaging taxes".

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Related Words

• detrimental 
• harmful 
• injurious 
• prejudicial 
• ruinous