blight
nounA damaging influence or a condition of serious decline and deterioration.
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adjectiveSharply critical or sarcastic; literally, able to burn or corrode.
Biting in tone
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detrimental
adjectiveCausing harm or putting something at a disadvantage.
insidious
adjectiveDeveloping subtly or gradually in a harmful way.
pernicious
adjectiveSeriously harmful, especially in a gradual or less obvious way.
Seriously harmful
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scurrilous
adjectiveCoarsely abusive or damaging, often through false accusations.
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