damaging impact

collocation in English

meaningsofdamagingandimpact

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damaging
adjective
uk
/ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/us
/ˈdæm.ɪ.dʒɪŋ/
causing ...
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˈɪm.pækt/us
/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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(Definition ofdamagingandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Mineral extraction, quarrying and the dredging of aggregates have adamagingimpacton the environment.
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What would thedamagingimpactof this formula be on the ethane-using plastics producers?
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They have suffered the grief and anguish of repossession, but it has also had adamagingimpacton the housing market.
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At best, the amendment assuages a tiny bit thedamagingimpactof that; at worst.
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We recognise that exposure to domestic violence can have a profoundlydamagingimpacton the health and development of children, as well as on women.
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That can have a particularlydamagingimpacton their capacity to come to terms with their great and tragic loss.
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If a new line is built, care must be taken to select the option that has the leastdamagingimpacton the environment.
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That will have adamagingimpacton the conduct of government.
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We believe that they will have a substantial anddamagingimpact.
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It is this multiple effect which has had adamagingimpacton the theatre.
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It could have adamagingimpacton the major industry—tourism—of that area.
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It was put to me that that was having a detrimental anddamagingimpacton the tourist industry in that valley.
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I shall confine myself to one example, since many others have been given, of thedamagingimpactof this tax.
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Allowing access to set-aside land would have adamagingimpacton that.
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We have reduced thedamagingimpactof comprehensive industrial development certificate control.
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Imprisonment has a different and moredamagingimpacton women.
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The oil and gas industry has suggested that the measures will have adamagingimpacton investment.
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I believe it should be addressed urgently both because of its potentiallydamagingimpacton confidence and for basic humanitarian motives.
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Had the story been otherwise, we might have avoided much of the massivedamagingimpactof unfettered road traffic growth.
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Nothing happens, but those suggestions have a tremendouslydamagingimpacton the morale of the firefighters.
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