damaging
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Synonyms
adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, dangerous, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, mischievous, nocuous, noxious, pernicious, prejudicial, wicked
Antonyms
anodyne, benign, harmless, hurtless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe
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Tropical Storm Dorian is headed for a hit on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday, bringing damaging winds of up to 70 mph and heavy rains that could top eight inches in spots. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, "Tropical Storm Dorian intensifies as it nears Puerto Rico and is an increasing threat to Southeast U.S.," 28 Aug. 2019 The entire state is under a severe thunderstorm watch, effective until 9 p.m. Scattered strong to severe storms are expected, with damaging wind and large hail being the primary threats, forecasters said. — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, "Severe thunderstorms bring rain, wind; possible funnel cloud spotted," 21 Aug. 2019 Some of the storms could be strong with damaging wind, hail and possibly a tornado, but the most likely chance for a tornado is to the north of the state. — courant.com, "The humidity will once again be oppressive," 21 Aug. 2019 Very large hail & damaging winds are expected with the stronger storms. — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, "Denver weather: Thunderstorms in the city, egg-sized hail possible on Eastern Plains," 16 Aug. 2019 But while meteorologists had warned of damaging winds and large hail, there were no immediate reports of either. — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, "Maryland weather: Baltimore escapes Wednesday storms mostly unscathed as Tuesday flooding damage is assessed," 7 Aug. 2019 The National Weather Service said the strongest of those could bring damaging winds up to 70 mph, heavy rain and deadly lightning. — Leigh Morgan, al, "Isolated severe storms possible today in parts of Alabama," 7 Aug. 2019 For example, when the jet stream takes a big dip in the middle of the country in the spring, the risk for violent thunderstorms that can unleash damaging winds and hail and delay travel increases. — Amy Ettinger, The Know, "Climate change is coming for your travel plans. Here’s how to cope.," 6 Aug. 2019 The result was powerful rounds of thunderstorms marching across Wisconsin, unleashing tornadoes as well as damaging winds. — Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Most of the tornadoes in Wisconsin this year happened on these three days," 30 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'damaging.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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