INVALIDING Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

invaliding

verb

present participle of invalid

as in damaging

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The charges against include federal hate crimes and damaging religious property resulting in bodily injury.

— Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
But are there ways to lower your card rates without damaging your credit score?

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of damaging

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Too Much Vitamin B6 and Nerve Damage Taking high doses of B6 may cause numbness, a pins-and-needles sensation, or pain in your legs, impairing your ability to walk.

— Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2026
Summary Quality sleep is crucial for leaders' performance, yet unpredictable schedules often lead to sleep deprivation, thus impairing vital cognitive functions like memory.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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In the wake of the mass murders, the country looked as if for the first time at shoring up every vulnerability to stop radical jihadists from harming us again.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
From suicides to sextortion, parents and their children are wrestling with how social media and AI chatbots could be harming people’s mental and physical health.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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Starting center Tyler Biadasz was lost for the season after injuring his knee in training camp.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
An armed man carrying multiple weapons lunged at Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair, injuring several attendees.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

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Physicists used Wilson’s calculations to justify the previously murky mechanics of quantum field theory, which treats each particle as a wave while washing out the less significant effects of the smallest vibrations.

— Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026
Rain postponed the start of play, washing out the entire morning session and much of the second.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of washing out

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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
The dispute has become even more complicated because some members of the 2022 class pursued professional opportunities after exhausting their eligibility under the previous system.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

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