Damaging
Damaging adjective - Causing or capable of causing harm.
Usage example: the damaging effects of the sun on unprotected skin
Threatening and damaging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatening" instead an adjective "Damaging".
Threatening
Threatening adjective - Giving signs of immediate occurrence.
Damaging and threatening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Damaging" instead an adjective "Threatening".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- disturbing and damaging
- disturbing and threatening
- baleful and damaging
- baleful and threatening
- baneful and damaging
- baneful and threatening
- nasty and damaging
- nasty and threatening
- serious and damaging
- serious and threatening
- perilous and damaging
- perilous and threatening
- hazardous and damaging
- hazardous and threatening
Both words in one sentence
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We see this early on when she stalls a Flying Brick from attacking by threatening to reveal damaging family secret that she just deduced.
Source: Flaw Exploitation - Each shopkeeper even has a specific thing that particularly irks them, such as damaging their store, killing customers in front of them or threatening/shooting them with your gun.
Source: Video Game / The Godfather - And don't even think about damaging, or threatening damage to his books, unless you fancy having to flee to the other side of the continent.
Source: Berserk Button / Literature
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