1. causing damage or harm to someone or something
Usage: legal; formal

Examples

• The company was accused of damnifying the environment through illegal dumping.
• His reckless actions were damnifying to his reputation.
• The court found that the defendant’s conduct was damnifying to the plaintiff’s business.
• The new policy risks damnifying small businesses in the area.
• She argued that the proposed changes would be damnifying to student welfare.