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per·ni·cious
 pernicious
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adjective |
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having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive.
Rabies is a pernicious disease caused by a virus.- antonyms:
- innocuous
- similar words:
- destructive, malign, malignant, noxious, pestilent
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adverse, bad, deadly, deleterious, evil, fatal, harmful, ill, inimical, injurious, lethal, malicious, noisome, toxic |
| derivations: |
perniciously (adv.), perniciousness (n.) |
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