damaging
Americanadjective
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That would make a restart costly and damaging, crippling Iran’s economic capacity over time.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
However, it creates a challenge in cancer therapy because many treatments work by damaging tumor DNA beyond repair.
From Science Daily • May 17, 2026
Lloyd Jenkins, along with his parents Margaret and David, pleaded guilty earlier this month to damaging a protected wildlife site over a period of eight years on land in the Mwnt area of Ceredigion.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
During a nationally televised interview on CNN by Dana Bash on Monday, Porter accused the Steyer campaign of leaking the damaging video.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
I had never realized Tourette’s could be painful, even damaging to the person who had it.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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