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dam·age
(dăm′ĭj)n.
1. Destruction or a loss in value, usefulness, or ability resulting from an action or event.
2. damages Law Money required to be paid as compensation for an injury or wrong.
3. Informal Cost; price: What's the damage for the tickets to the show?
v. dam·aged, dam·ag·ing, dam·ag·es
v.tr.
To cause damage to.
v.intr.
To suffer or be susceptible to damage.
[Middle English, from Old French : dam, loss (from Latin damnum) + -age, -age.]
dam′age·a·bil′i·ty n.
dam′age·a·ble adj.
dam′ag·ing·ly adv.
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dam•ag•ing
(ˈdæm ɪ dʒɪŋ)adj.
causing or capable of causing damage; harmful; injurious.
[1850–55]
dam′ag•ing•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | damaging - (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury; "damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the defendant" harmful - causing or capable of causing harm; "too much sun is harmful to the skin"; "harmful effects of smoking" |
| 2. | damaging - designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" destructive - causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism" |
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damaging
adjective harmful, detrimental, hurtful, ruinous, prejudicial, deleterious, injurious, disadvantageous Is the recycling process damaging to the environment?
useful, valuable, helpful, profitable, favourable, wholesome, advantageous, salutary, healthful
useful, valuable, helpful, profitable, favourable, wholesome, advantageous, salutary, healthful
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
damaging
[ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj [information] → préjudiciableto have damaging consequences → avoir des conséquences néfastes
a damaging effect on → un effet néfaste sur
to be damaging to [+ environment, health] → être nuisible à; [+ reputation, career, morale, economy] → être préjudiciable à, être nuisible à
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damaging
adj → schädlich; remarks → abträglich; to be damaging to somebody/something → sich auf jdn/etw schädigend or schädlich auswirken, schädlich für jdn/etw sein; that was a damaging blow to his pride → das hat seinem Stolz einen empfindlichen Schlag versetzt
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damaging
[ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj damaging (to) → nocivo/a (a)Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
damaging
a. dañino-a, nocivo-a, perjudicial.
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