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[ dam -ing, dam -ning ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈdæm ɪŋ, ˈdæm nɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective causing incrimination: damning evidence.
Origin of damning First recorded in 1590–1600; damn + -ing2
OTHER WORDS FROM damning damn·ing·ly, adverb damn·ing·ness, noun self-damning, adjective Words nearby damning damnatory, damned, damnedest, damned if I do, damned if I don't, damnify, damning , Damn the torpedoes, damn well, damn with faint praise, damnyankee, Damocles
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Example sentences from the Web for damning Even though a grand jury chose not to indict the cop who killed Eric Garner, the video is damning of police.
‘I Can’t Breathe!’ ‘I Can’t Breathe!’ A Moral Indictment of Cop Culture | Michael Daly| December 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
There is already a damning common denominator between the two shootings: the Cleveland police department itself.
The Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Shots and Cried Victim | Michael Daly| December 2, 2014| DAILY BEAST
But, as is often the case, what may be equally as damning as the crime will be the cover-up.
The Castration of Alan Turing, Britain’s Code-Breaking WWII Hero | Clive Irving| November 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The testimony is damning : the world has not learned its lesson.
The Man Who Invented the Word ‘Genocide’ | Nina Strochlic| November 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A new report by Human Rights Watch released Tuesday is damning .
Forget About a Kindler Gentler Iran | Nina Strochlic| August 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Let us try the test of an expression somewhat kindred in etymology: such a word as would carry upon its face a damning solecism.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. Gladstone
Poor man, he did not know of the damning circumstances which the Inspector had so cleverly woven into his accusing theory.
The Green God | Frederic Arnold Kummer
The striking simile of the thin end of the wedge was recurred to by him for a damning illustration.
Beauchamp's Career, Complete | George Meredith
Still, O heaven, the dreadful, damning words ring in my ears!
Love and Intrigue | Friedrich Schiller
When restored does he show his gratitude by praising the drug and damning the doctor?
The Christ | John Eleazer Remsburg
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Words related to damning incriminating, fatal, ruinous, damnatory