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Damaging

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Destructive 84% connected

Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- ofte…

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Destructive 84% connected

Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- ofte…

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Harmful 84% connected

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Harmful 84% connected

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Detrimental 92% connected

Causing detriment; injurious; hurtful.

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Negative 92% connected

Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a neg…

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Prejudicial 92% connected

Biased, possessed, or blinded by prejudices; as, to look with a prejudicial eye.

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Affirmative adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Appreciative adjective · 78% connection

feeling or expressive of gratitude; "was appreciative of his efforts"; "an appreciative word"

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Approbative adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Approbatory adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Approving adjective · 78% connection

expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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Complimentary adjective · 78% connection

conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark"

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Critical adjective · 78% connection

marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws; "a critical attitude"

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Dismissive adjective · 78% connection

showing indifference or disregard; "a dismissive shrug"; "the firm is dismissive of the competitor's product"; "‘chronic fatigue syndr…

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Favorable adjective · 78% connection

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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Favourable adjective · 78% connection

(of winds or weather) tending to promote or facilitate; "the days were fair and the winds were favorable"

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Abandon verb · 78% connection

To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, whi…

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Abandonment noun · 78% connection

The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril ins…

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Accrue noun · 78% connection

To come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the…

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Acrylamide noun · 78% connection

a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals; "they claimed tha…

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Acute glaucoma noun · 78% connection

glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…

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Angle-closure glaucoma noun · 78% connection

glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…

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Areflexia noun · 78% connection

absence of a reflex; a sign of possible nerve damage

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Average noun · 78% connection

A contribution to a loss or charge which has been imposed upon one of several for the general benefit; damage done by sea perils.

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Cardiac resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Closed-angle glaucoma noun · 78% connection

glaucoma in which the iris blocks the outflow of aqueous humor; "closed-angle glaucoma can cause a rapid buildup of high intraocular p…

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CPR noun · 78% connection

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has col…

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Damage verb · 78% connection

To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in /oth damage in sunlight.

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Detriment noun · 78% connection

That which injures or causes damage; mischief; harm; diminution; loss; damage; -- used very generically; as, detriments to property, r…

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Equivalent noun · 78% connection

Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.

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Fatigue noun · 78% connection

Damage that develops when a material is loaded again and again.

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Gangliocyte noun · 78% connection

a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the developm…

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Ganglion cell noun · 78% connection

a nerve cell whose body is outside the central nervous system; "damage to ganglion cells in the retina may play a role in the developm…

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