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harm's way

noun

Definition of harm's way

:a dangerous place or situation

was placed in harm's way

got them out of harm's way

Examples of harm's way in a Sentence

got everyone out of harm's way just minutes before the house was ripped apart by the tornado

First Known Use of harm's way

1631

harm's way Synonyms

Synonyms

distress, endangerment, danger, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble

Antonyms

safeness, safety, secureness, security

Related Words

exposure, liability, openness, vulnerability; precariousness, threat; susceptibility, susceptibleness; defenselessness, helplessness, weakness

Near Antonyms

preservation, salvation; defense, protection; exemption, immunity, impunity, inviolability, invulnerability

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