Addictive and Harmful

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Addictive adjective - Causing or relating to a physiological need for certain drugs.

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Harmful and addictive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Harmful" instead an adjective "Addictive".

Nearby Words: addiction, addicted, addict, addicting

Harmful adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.

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Addictive and harmful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Addictive" instead an adjective "Harmful".

Nearby Words: harm, harmed, harmless, harmfully, harmlessly

It is implied that the process is insanely addictive and harmful to the subject.

Source: Fanfic / Mass Effect Human Revolution
Famously retconned by James Robinson into an addictive Psycho Serum that Rex took decades to overcome and recreate without its harmful side-effects.

Source: Comic Book / Hourman
Hourman's Super Serum used to be completely beneficial and harmless, in stark contrast to how it would later be portrayed (addictive and dangerous, with Hourman taking years to overcome it and create a non-harmful version).

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Comic Books

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