damaging effect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdamagingandeffect
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damaging
adjective
uk/ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/us/ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
causing ...
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effect
noun
uk/ɪˈfekt/us/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofdamagingandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It is clear that naive compaction has had a verydamagingeffectupon parsing performance.
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It would be naive to expect that one could eliminate theirdamagingeffecton contraceptive planning by current educational techniques.
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Thedamagingeffectof ionising radiation is one of the prime limiting factors on the survival of life in such potential astrobiological habitats.
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Thedamagingeffectof ionizing radiation is one of the prime limiting factors on the survival of life in potential astrobiological habitats.
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His actions may be both more intentional and more responsible, resulting in his agency having less of adamagingeffecton others.
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This perhaps reflected the directdamagingeffectof vitrification in both groups of embryos.
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Thedamagingeffectof subsidies is also clear.
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We found that clustering reduces thedamagingeffectof fire on trees.
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One relationship that contemporaries found particularly alarming was the potentiallydamagingeffect that the employment of women in industry outside the home could have on their families' health.
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There is some concern, however, that the emphasis that senior managers' contracts tend to give to balancing the budget could have adamagingeffecton the quality of care.
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In this view, adversity is thought to exert adamagingeffecton one or more neural substrates, and mechanisms of neural plasticity bring about recovery in an individual.
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In addition, because of their impact on business costs, the new taxes—that is what they are; not charges and levies—could have adamagingeffect.
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Losing the ability to go out and about independently can have a hugelydamagingeffecton an older person's quality of life.
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Farmers are usually naturally isolated in their business, and the stress involved can have adamagingeffecton their health and viability.
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Last time they had adamagingeffect, especially on the pay of nurses.
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Furthermore, it will have adamagingeffecton those who pay mortgages.
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They have a reallydamagingeffecton the population.
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If that balance is upset—petro-chemistry is a highly involved and technical study—it can have a mostdamagingeffectupon our entire economy.
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The great majority of teachers see in this a return to pre-1944 conditions and fear adamagingeffectupon the solidarity of the profession.
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These are the private receipts which are growing most rapidly and with the least effort, and with the mostdamagingeffecton social equality.
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