damning

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A damning report, judgment, remark, etc. that includes a lot of criticism or shows clearly that someone is wrong, guilty, or has behaved very badly:

He made some fairly damning remarks about the government's refusal to deal with the problem.

damning evidence The two men were convicted on some extremely damning evidence.

very critical, or showing clearly that someone is wrong or guilty:

a damning report/finding