damage the environment

Frequency: 8.220.7 per million words

To cause physical harm to the natural world.

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Examples (10)

  • Certain industries are known to damage the environment with their waste products.
  • The massive oil spill severely damaged the marine environment.
  • If we continue to ignore climate warnings, our actions will irreversibly damage the environment.
  • The local environment was badly damaged by illegal dumping.
  • How can we reduce our consumption without further damaging the environment?
  • Even small, thoughtless actions can accumulate and damage the environment.
  • The pursuit of rapid economic growth has often damaged the environment in developing countries.
  • Deforestation is a practice that directly damages the environment.
  • We must find sustainable energy sources that do not damage the environment.
  • Damaging the environment for profit is a shortsighted and unsustainable strategy.