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pernicious

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1. a. Quick; swift (to burn). Source: opted
2. a. Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. Source: opted
3. adj. exceedingly harmful Source: wordnet
4. adj. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way Source: wordnet
5. j:100 s exceedingly harmful s working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way Source: ecdict

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exceedingly harmful hidden injurious spreading working baleful burn destructive injuring killing malicious mischievous quality quick swift wicked

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