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Noxious

Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.

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Baneful 84% connected

Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.

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Baneful 84% connected

Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious.

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Corrupting 84% connected

of Corrupt

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Corrupting 84% connected

of Corrupt

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Deadly 84% connected

Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

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Deadly 84% connected

Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

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Degrading 84% connected

of Degrade

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Degrading 84% connected

of Degrade

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Pernicious 84% connected

Quick; swift (to burn).

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Pernicious 84% connected

Quick; swift (to burn).

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Pestilent 84% connected

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

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Pestilent 84% connected

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

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Vesicant 84% connected

A vesicatory.

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Vesicant 84% connected

A vesicatory.

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Vesicatory 84% connected

Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.

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Vesicatory 84% connected

Tending, or having power, to raise a blister.

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Harmful 66% connected

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Harmful 66% connected

Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous.

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Toxic 66% connected

Alt. of Toxical

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Toxic 66% connected

Alt. of Toxical

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Innocuous 94% connected

Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

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Innocuous 94% connected

Harmless; producing no ill effect; innocent.

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