Against
Against preposition - In or into contact with.
Detrimental to and against are semantically related. in disadvantageous to topic. In some cases you can use "Detrimental to" instead a preposition "Against", when it comes to topics like unfavourable to.
Detrimental to
Against and detrimental to are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Against" with "Detrimental to", this terms are similar.
Both terms in one sentence
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But when the heroes prove to be detrimental to his plan to kill everyone in the world, he holds no qualms about unleashing the terrors of hell against them.
Source: Faux Affably Evil - Because Richard is a Sore Loser and it would be detrimental to John's continued good health to win against Richard.
Source: Let the Bully Win -
Additionally in the fight against Satan and Vishnuflynn , the effects resulting from his dialogue options always end up detrimental to the player one way or the other as opposed to the Bonds route where they will be constantly buffed or healed instead.
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