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damaging definition

damaging


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  damage 
 
  1  sense  of  damage 
 
  Sense  1 
  damage 
  =>  burn 
  =>  bilge 
  =>  break 
  =>  bruise 
  =>  disturb 
  =>  afflict,  smite 
  =>  hurt,  injure 
  =>  impair 
  =>  flaw,  blemish 
  =>  corrode,  eat,  rust 
  =>  erode,  eat  away  fret 
  =>  mutilate,  mangle,  disfigure,  cut  up 
  =>  mar,  impair,  spoil,  deflower,  vitiate 
  =>  whittle  away  whittle  down  wear  away 
  =>  bang  up  smash  up  smash 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  damage 
 
  1  sense  of  damage 
 
  Sense  1 
  damage 
  =>  burn 
  =>  scald 
  =>  singe,  swinge,  scorch 
  =>  char,  blacken,  scorch 
  =>  bilge 
  =>  break 
  =>  bruise 
  =>  disturb 
  =>  afflict,  smite 
  =>  blight,  plague 
  =>  hurt,  injure 
  =>  impair 
  =>  flaw,  blemish 
  =>  corrode,  eat,  rust 
  =>  erode,  eat  away  fret 
  =>  wash 
  =>  mutilate,  mangle,  disfigure,  cut  up 
  =>  deface 
  =>  mar,  impair,  spoil,  deflower,  vitiate 
  =>  defile,  sully,  corrupt,  taint,  cloud 
  =>  deface,  disfigure,  blemish 
  =>  maul,  mangle 
  =>  scar,  mark,  pock,  pit 
  =>  pockmark 
  =>  scarify 
  =>  cicatrize 
  =>  whittle  away  whittle  down  wear  away 
  =>  bang  up  smash  up  smash 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  damage 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  damage 
 
  1  sense  of  damage 
 
  Sense  1 
  damage 
  =>  change,  alter 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  damage 
 
  damage  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  damage 
 
  Sense  1 
  damage 
  =>  change,  alter 
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  Overview  of  verb  damage 
 
  The  verb  damage  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  damage  --  (inflict  damage  upon  "The  snow  damaged  the  roof";  "She  damaged  the  car  when  she  hit  the  tree") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  damaging 
 
  The  adj  damaging  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  damaging,  detrimental,  prejudicial,  prejudicious  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  causing  harm  or  injury;  "damaging  to  career  and  reputation";  "the  reporter's  coverage  resulted  in  prejudicial  publicity  for  the  defendant") 
  2.  damaging,  negative  --  (designed  or  tending  to  discredit,  especially  without  positive  or  helpful  suggestions;  "negative  criticism") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  damaging 
 
  2  senses  of  damaging 
 
  Sense  1 
  damaging,  detrimental,  prejudicial,  prejudicious 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  harmful)  ->  harmless 
 
  Sense  2 
  damaging,  negative 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  destructive)  ->  constructive 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  damaging 
 
  2  senses  of  damaging 
 
  Sense  1 
  damaging,  detrimental,  prejudicial,  prejudicious 
  =>  harmful  (vs.  harmless) 
 
  Sense  2 
  damaging,  negative 
  =>  destructive  (vs.  constructive) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  damaging 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  damaging 
 
  damaging  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  damaging 
  damaging 
 
  Overview  of  verb  damage 
 
  The  verb  damage  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (12)  damage  --  (inflict  damage  upon  "The  snow  damaged  the  roof";  "She  damaged  the  car  when  she  hit  the  tree") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  damaging 
 
  The  adj  damaging  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  damaging,  detrimental,  prejudicial,  prejudicious  --  ((sometimes  followed  by  `to')  causing  harm  or  injury;  "damaging  to  career  and  reputation";  "the  reporter's  coverage  resulted  in  prejudicial  publicity  for  the  defendant") 
  2.  damaging,  negative  --  (designed  or  tending  to  discredit,  especially  without  positive  or  helpful  suggestions;  "negative  criticism") 



damaging definition