invaliding

verb

present participle of invalid
as in damaging

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for invaliding
  1. damaging
  2. impairing
  3. hurting
  4. harming
  5. injuring
  6. wearing out
  7. washing out
  8. exhausting
Verb
  • The kingdom acknowledged on Tuesday that two of its airports were attacked, leaving three lightly injured and damaging the facilities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Those concerns deserve to be heard, but damaging property is not the answer.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of damaging
Verb
  • Some businesses started selling marijuana under the theory that raw marijuana’s THC is in a form called THC-A, which only turns into impairing delta-9 when heated or burned.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Her legal team also presented evidence that her mother drank heavily during pregnancy, impairing Pike’s brain development and her impulse control.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of impairing
Verb
  • The nationwide high school protest movement — over deteriorating school buildings, teacher shortages, and inequalities hurting schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods — has energized young voters, who may prove key to the election outcome.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The difference could be former Dolphins tight end Mike Gesicki, who figures to play a more prominent role in the passing game with the Bengals hurting at wide receiver.
    — Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of hurting
Verb
  • On more than one occasion, the nannies were seen physically harming the children on camera.
    — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco is facing backlash from fellow comics who claim his takeover of SiriusXM’s Raw Comedy channel is harming up-and-coming talent, as reported earlier by Deadline.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of harming
Verb
  • Monday's attack came a day after a Russian drone struck the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district, killing three people and injuring nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The attack on Saturday was deadlier, with strikes killing 12 people and injuring over 300 others.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of injuring
Verb
  • This is a sign that internal parts like your clutch or transmission bands are wearing out.
    — Michael Kurko, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Others share stories of donut tires wearing out quickly or making their vehicles feel unstable at highway speeds.
    — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of wearing out
Verb
  • Even in blazing sunlight, the screen cuts right through the glare without washing out.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The intense lunar spotlight casts significant glare across the cluster, heavily washing out its faint blue reflection nebulosity.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of washing out
Verb
  • The gentle squeeze around your legs provides other surprising health benefits on exhausting travel days.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Commanders should seek positional advantages without exhausting their soldiers, manipulate the enemy’s movements when possible, and recognize when circumstances make pursuit or attack unwise.
    — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of exhausting
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