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damaging

adjective as in hurtful to reputation

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It is the steady accretion of detail that may yet be the most damaging factor in the battle for British hearts and minds.

He lambasts the case as without evidence, an unfair trial, and damaging for the American reputation.

In 2006 then-Senator Barack Obama understood how damaging illegal immigration is for the working people of this country.

Equally as damaging is the notion that those not preparing to protest the verdict must be armed for protection.

If Republicans blow it and fail to pass significant legislation, that will be a huge lost opportunity and damaging for 2016.

He missed no opportunity of thwarting and damaging the Government which had saved him from the gallows.

That officer hurled his troops against Sherman's breastworks, and suffered a damaging defeat.

For one thing, she had kept to the truth when she might have made her hints more damaging by a little exaggeration.

The nocturnal mischief of damaging or destroying a neighbor's corn.

Seiler thinks that only the Trojans used the battle-axe; perhaps for damaging the ships: he follows the scholiast.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to damaging, such as: detrimental, harmful, injurious, prejudicial, ruinous, and bad.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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