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pernicious: adj. causing great harm, destruction, injury, or death

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1 pernicious: adj. causing great harm, destruction, injury, or death
definition: causing great harm, destruction, injury, or death fatal or likely to cause death wicked

2 pernicious pronunciation purr NIH shus

3 pernicious harmful deleterious destructive detrimental devastating
synonyms: harmful deleterious destructive detrimental devastating iniquitous malevolent malignant

4 pernicious related forms: noun perniciousness adverb perniciously

5 pernicious Many snakes have a justifiable reputation for being pernicious.

6 pernicious The pernicious image of the Grim
Reaper evokes fear, especially on Halloween.

7 pernicious The witch tempted Snow White with the pernicious apple.

8 perniciousness The perniciousness of cancer makes its diagnosis extremely frightening.

9 perniciousness The perniciousness of the storm was heightened when a tornado touched down on the community.

10 perniciously The vicious pit bull perniciously growled at the mailman.

11 perniciously “I’ll get you, my pretty,” the Wicked Witch of the West perniciously cackled.


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