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damaging

SayDAM-i-jing/ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

3 meanings of damaging

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  1. 1
    adjective
    Causing harm or hurt to a person, thing, or someone's good name.

    Like a slow leak that quietly ruins the walls of a house.

    The storm had a damaging effect on the old roof.

    Smoking is very damaging to your health.

    Similarharmful, injurious, detrimental, hurtful, destructive

    Oppositebeneficial

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of damage. Use this form for harm that is happening right now.

    The flood is damaging homes all along the river.

    The hot sun keeps damaging the paint on the car.

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  3. 3
    noun
    Gerund of damage. It names the act of causing harm to something.

    The careless damaging of the books upset the librarian.

    The damaging of the fence turned out to be an accident.

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damaging is a form of damage

damage, verb: To harm something so it works less well or loses value. Full entry

Forms
damagedamages he/she/itdamaging -ing formdamaged past tense, past participle
Spelling
damage → damaging: drop the e, add -ing

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Origin

Made from the word "damage" plus the ending "-ing".