damaging effect

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• damaging */ — UK [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] / US adjective 1) causing physical harm to something so that it is broken, spoiled, or injured Increased emissions almost certainly have a damaging effect on the environment. damaging to: Smoking is damaging to your health. •… …   English dictionary

• damaging — dam|ag|ing [ dæmıdʒıŋ ] adjective * 1. ) causing physical harm to something so that it is broken, spoiled, or injured: Increased emissions almost certainly have a damaging effect on the environment. damaging to: Smoking is damaging to your health …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• damaging — [ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ] adj causing physical harm, or having a bad or negative effect The chemicals have a damaging effect on the environment.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• damaging — adjective Date: circa 1828 causing or able to cause damage ; injurious < has a damaging effect on wildlife > • damagingly adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• damaging — I adjective baneful, calamitous, calumnious, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, disadvantageous, disastrous, grievous, harmful, hurtful, incriminatory, inculpatory, inimical, injurious, insalubrious, malefic …   Law dictionary

• effect — ▪ I. effect ef‧fect 1 [ɪˈfekt] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] the way in which an action, event, or person changes someone or something: • Inflation is having a disastrous effect on the economy. demonˈstration efˌfect [singular] …   Financial and business terms

• effect — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 change that is caused by sth ADJECTIVE ▪ decisive, dramatic, far reaching, important, marked, powerful, profound, pronounced, significant …   Collocations dictionary

• effect — ef|fect1 W1S1 [ıˈfekt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(change/result)¦ 2 put/bring something into effect 3 take effect 4¦(law/rule)¦ 5 with immediate effect/with effect from 6 in effect 7 to good/great/no etc effect 8 to this/that/the effect 9¦(idea/feeling)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• damaging — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• effect — I UK [ɪˈfekt] / US noun Word forms effect : singular effect plural effects *** 1) [countable/uncountable] a change that is produced in one person or thing by another effect on/upon: Scientists are studying the chemical s effect on the environment …   English dictionary

• effect*/*/*/ — [ɪˈfekt] noun I 1) [C/U] a change that is produced in one person or thing by another Scientists are studying the chemical s effect on the environment.[/ex] Any change in lifestyle will have an effect on your health.[/ex] The new tax rates will… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English