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1) a person who is addicted to something harmful (addict)

2) to influence or change (the condition of something) especially in a harmful way (affect)

3) a substance in the blood which destroys harmful bacteria etc (antibody)

4) harmful or unhelpful action (disservice)

5) any strong or harmful drug (e.g. opium); a stupid person (dope)

6) harmful competition between colleagues or rivals (especially in commerce or industry) (infighting)

7) harmful to life (malignant)

8) (of such metals as 'uranium') having atoms that break up and, in so doing, send out electrically charged particles that can be harmful (radioactive)

9) any one of a group of long, legless reptiles, some of which are poisonous; an insincere, harmful person who pretends to be a friend (snake)

10) of suicide; very harmful (suicidal)

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Meaning:
calamitous

disastrous

disastrous; tragic

deadly

causing, likely to cause, death

causing end of life

destructive

causing destruction; fond of, in the habit of, destroying

injurious, devastating

disastrous

causing disaster

detrimental, devastating

evil

very wicked, bad; likely to cause trouble

sinful, immoral

grievous

severe

severe, painful; serious

injurious

causing, likely to cause, injury

hurtful

lethal

causing, able to cause, death

deadly

lousy

filled with lice

very bad

mischievous

filled with, engaged in, mischief

devilish, wicked

noxious

harmful

deadly, injurious

pernicious

extremely harmful, causing distress

bad, hurtful

ruinous

causing ruin

disastrous, devastating

sinister

suggesting evil or the likelihood of bad luck

nasty, menacing

toxic

poisonous (the usual word)

poisonous

unwholesome

(of food) not good for one's health; harmful

unhealthful

virulent

(of a person) strong; (of ill-feeling, hatred) very strong; (of words etc) full hatred; (of a disease etc) very dangerous

poisonous, lethal

HARMFUL as in Wiktionary
HARMFUL as in Wikipedia