"damaging" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Forms: more damaging [comparative], most damaging [superlative]
Etymology: damage + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|damage|ing}} damage + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} damaging (comparative more damaging, superlative most damaging)
  1. Harmful; injurious; causing damage. Translations (harmful, injurious, that damages): ziyanverici (Azerbaijani), zərərverici (Azerbaijani), ziyanlı (Azerbaijani), ziyankar (Azerbaijani), zərərli (Azerbaijani), perjudicial (Catalan), vahingollinen (Finnish), Ancient" δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios) (Greek), מזיק (mazyq) [masculine] (Hebrew), מזיקה (meziqa) [feminine] (Hebrew), kártékony (Hungarian), dannoso [masculine] (Italian), lesivo [masculine] (Italian), 有害な (yūgai na) (Japanese), mbebayani (Javanese), nocivo [masculine] (Portuguese), danoso [masculine] (Portuguese), lesivo [masculine] (Portuguese), dăunător (Romanian), поврежда́ющий (povreždájuščij) (Russian), вредоно́сный (vredonósnyj) (Russian), вре́дный (vrédnyj) (Russian), разруши́тельный (razrušítelʹnyj) (Russian), lesivo (Spanish), dañino (Spanish), injurioso (Spanish), nakakapinsala (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-damaging-en-adj-aRd5~c3y

Noun

IPA: /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/ Forms: damagings [plural]
Etymology: damage + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|damage|ing}} damage + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} damaging (plural damagings)
  1. An act of causing damage.
    Sense id: en-damaging-en-noun-pTCP7Oay

Verb

IPA: /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Etymology: damage + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|damage|ing}} damage + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} damaging
  1. present participle and gerund of damage Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: damage
    Sense id: en-damaging-en-verb-DexxNo0O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 19 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 21 18 61

Inflected forms

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