as in damage
something that causes loss or pain
you were lucky to survive the fire without harm no harm in trying
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1
as in to damage
to cause bodily damage to
though she wasn't harmed by the flying glass, she slipped and fell on a piece and cut her hand
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as in to injure
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting
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Recent Examples of harm
Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Anything short of that will only deepen inefficiencies, inflate costs and exacerbate environmental harm.
—Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
While frost and light freezes will not damage plants, temperatures below 20 degrees Fahrenheit will harm them.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Each agency in charge of enforcing each law would then weigh potential harms, with enforcement to be modified based on how much of the application each agency approves.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
Anything short of that will only deepen inefficiencies, inflate costs and exacerbate environmental harm.
—Lee-Lean Shu, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
And without further changes to the H-2A program, experts told ProPublica, foreign farmworkers may continue to be harmed.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
While frost and light freezes will not damage plants, temperatures below 20 degrees Fahrenheit will harm them.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harm
Noun
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In some cases, the full extent of damage becomes clear only once treatment begins.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
13 Sep. 2025
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Soros, and his group of psychopaths, have caused great damage to our Country!—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The severity, healing and availability of Purdy’s toe will depend heavily on which toe is injured and what specific part of the toe got injured.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Almost certainly out this week also is injured receiver Xavier Worthy (shoulder), who provided most of the scant glimmers of hope in the Super Bowl with eight catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The disruptions come amid a WNBA season in which multiple games were marred by the objects making appearances on the court.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Each death was devastating to relatives and friends left behind, and the first decades of the twentieth century were marred by individual grief on a global scale.—
Alice Vernon
September 8,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Petry spent the last two seasons back in Michigan with the Detroit Red Wings, but injuries limited him to 44 games in the 2024-25 season.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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With 15 games remaining, Smith may not have enough time to rehab the injury and return for the end of the regular season.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But some of his campaign’s reactions to Fetterman’s stroke in May 2022 hurt his chances even more.—
Kimberly Ross,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lopes is a very tough fighter, but his inability to stay technical will hurt him against the powerful Silva.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That same day, a student opened fire at a Colorado high school, critically wounding two peers.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
17 Sep. 2025
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In the past two years, more than 10% of the population has been killed or wounded - including tens of thousands of children - and that number only continues to rise.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Harm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harm. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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