{
    "term": "damaging",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "causing damage; having a bad effect on somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "damaging to somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**damaging consequences/effects**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lead is potentially damaging to children's health.",
                    "contextForm": "damaging to somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Smoking is damaging to health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These new measures will do nothing to raise school standards: they may be positively damaging."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A strike would hit public services and be politically damaging for the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was one of the most damaging allegations made against him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "prove", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "da/damaging/damaging__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈdæmɪdʒɪŋ/",
                "audio": "da/damaging/damaging__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}