pernicious - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'pernicious' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Pernicious

[ a.]

- Quick; swift (to burn).
- Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.

1 . pernicious

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Example in sentence:

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