damaging
adjective
[ ˈdamɪdʒɪŋ ]
• causing physical damage.
• "new cars are less damaging to the environment"
damage
verb
• inflict physical harm on (something) so as to impair its value, usefulness, or normal function.
• "the car was badly damaged in the accident"
Similar:
harm,
do damage to,
injure,
mar,
deface,
mutilate,
mangle,
impair,
blemish,
disfigure,
vandalize,
blight,
spoil,
defile,
desecrate,
tamper with,
sabotage,
disrupt,
play havoc with,
vitiate,
ruin,
devastate,
destroy,
wreck,
cripple,
trash,
disfeature,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from dam, damne ‘loss or damage’, from Latin damnum ‘loss or hurt’; compare with damn.
