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damagingly

[dam-i-jing]

adjective

causing or capable of causing damages; harmful; injurious.

Origin:
1850–55; damage + -ing²

Related forms

dam·ag·ing·ly, adverb

non·dam·ag·ing, adjective

non·dam·ag·ing·ly, adverb

un·dam·ag·ing, adjective

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damage (ˈdæmɪdʒ)

—n
1.	injury or harm impairing the function or condition of a person or thing
2.	loss of something desirable
3.	informal cost; expense (esp in the phrase what's the damage?)

—vb
4.	(tr) to cause damage to
5.	(intr) to suffer damage

[C14: from Old French, from Latin damnum injury, loss, fine]

'damageable

—*adj*

damagea'bility

—n

'damager

—n

'damaging

—*adj*

'damagingly

—*adv*

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