Thesaurus: pernicious

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1. a. Quick; swift (to burn).
2. a. Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
3. adj. exceedingly harmful
4. adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
5. Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] Milton. Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. Pernicious to his health. Prescott. Syn. -- Destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious; baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous. -- Per*ni"cious*ly, adv., -- Per*ni"cious*ness, n.
6. Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] Milton.
7. j:100 s exceedingly harmful s working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way