harm's way
nounDefinition of harm's way
: a dangerous place or situation was placed in harm's way got them out of harm's way
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Synonyms & Antonyms for harm's way
Synonyms
danger, distress, endangerment, imperilment, jeopardy, peril, risk, trouble
Antonyms
safeness, safety, secureness, security
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As a result, Jaddou said, the U.S. could end up deporting families with legitimate asylum claims back into harm's way. — Pamela Ren Larson, azcentral, "Trump administration issues new asylum rules aimed at families arriving at border," 13 July 2018 Eligible homeowners may sell their home to a local government at a pre-storm or post-storm fair market value and move out of harm's way by relocating outside of a floodplain to a lower-risk area. — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, "McCaul says efforts need to be expedited to help storm survivors," 3 July 2018 The footage shows the cops diverting several cars to get the snake out of harm's way. — Christopher Brito, CBS News, "Police officers halt traffic to help snake cross busy Virginia street," 19 June 2018 Besides, Perez wanted to keep Peterson's right arm with the 90-plus mph pitching ability out of harm's way. — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, "Todd Peterson's high school coach tells truth about LSU pitcher's hitting ability," 25 May 2018 Matthews, with the help of others, got Melanson out of harm's way and into a pickup truck. — Jason Hanna, CNN, "Las Vegas shooting survivor stayed months in hospital. She's finally been reunited with her rescuer," 17 May 2018 Pat Rowe, marketing and public relations manager at Mitchell, said airlines are proactively canceling flights to keep customers off the roads and out of harm's way. — Morgan Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee flights canceled due to winter storm in Northeast," 2 Mar. 2018 Kelli Ward, a former state senator also running against McSally, blamed migrants for putting children in harm's way. — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, "Prison company detaining immigrants has helped McSally, others in GOP," 22 June 2018 While many troops are still in harm's way, the US no longer has tens of thousands of soldiers waging vast land wars in the Middle East. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, "America should be more at ease than this," 2 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'harm's way.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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