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definition: causing great harm, destruction, injury, or death causing great harm, destruction, injury, or death fatal or likely to cause death fatal or likely to cause death wicked wicked
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pronunciation purr NIH shus
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synonyms: harmful harmful deleterious deleterious destructive destructive detrimental detrimental devastating devastating iniquitous iniquitous malevolent malevolent malignant malignant noxious noxious
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related forms: noun nounperniciousness adverb adverbperniciously
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Many snakes have a justifiable reputation for being pernicious Many snakes have a justifiable reputation for being pernicious.
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The pernicious image of the Grim Reaper evokes fear.
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We should omit pernicious foods from our diets in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
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The witch tempted Snow White with the pernicious apple.
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The perniciousness of cancer makes its diagnosis extremely frightening.
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Due to the perniciousness of second-hand smoke, smoking cigarettes has been banned in public areas.
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The perniciousness of the storm was heightened when a tornado touched down on the community.
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The vicious pit bull perniciously growled at the mailman.
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“I’ll get you, my pretty,” the Wicked Witch of the West perniciously cackled.
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The mean girls perniciously gossiped behind the other girl’s back.
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