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What does deleterious mean?

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Adjective
  1. Harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way.
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The virus causes about 1 million deaths a year due to its deleterious effects on the liver.
We should vigorously oppose such a show, which can only have a deleterious effect on the moral and spiritual climate of our city.
Any move is likely to have a deleterious effect on their health and will certainly adversely affect the quality of their life.
The resulting instability often has deleterious effects on the children of the relationship.
However, some of those compounds such as capsaicin and some cyanogenic glycosides, have no apparent deleterious or deterrent effect on birds.
A healthy person can consume a large quantity of water without any deleterious effect.

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