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DAMAGINGLY

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dam⋅ag⋅ing

  [dam-i-jing]
–adjective
causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.
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Origin:
1850–55; damage + -ing 2

Related forms:
dam⋅ag⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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dam·age   (dām'ĭj)   
n.  

  1. Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.

  2. damages Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.

  3. Informal Cost; price.

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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