Definition of pernicious

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Pernicious (a.) Quick; swift (to burn).

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Pestilent :: Pestilent (a.) Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.
Invasion :: Invasion (n.) The incoming or first attack of anything hurtful or pernicious; as, the invasion of a disease..
Blasting :: Blasting (n.) A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause..
Malignity :: Malignity (n.) Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud..
Blast :: Blast (v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel..
Pernicious :: Pernicious (a.) Quick; swift (to burn).
Blast :: Blast (n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight..
Scathful :: Scathful (a.) Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.
Worst :: Worst (a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse..
Ruinous :: Ruinous (a.) Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project..
Baleful :: Baleful (a.) Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive.
Pestilential :: Pestilential (a.) Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
Damnable :: Damnable (a.) Odious; pernicious; detestable.
Malign :: Malign (a.) Unfavorable; unpropitious; pernicious; tending to injure; as, a malign aspect of planets..
Malignant :: Malignant (a.) Characterized or caused by evil intentions; pernicious.
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious..
Worst :: Worst (n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree..
Destructive :: Destructive (a.) Causing destruction; tending to bring about ruin, death, or devastation; ruinous; fatal; productive of serious evil; mischievous; pernicious; -- often with of or to; as, intemperance is destructive of health; evil examples are destructive to the morals of youth..
Bale :: Bale (n.) Evil; an evil, pernicious influence; something causing great injury..
Balefully :: Balefully (adv.) In a baleful manner; perniciously.
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