1
as in damaged
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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2
as in injured
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 harmed
Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The inquest heard that the unit where Ruth had been was regularly understaffed, adding that on the day the teenager harmed herself, 50 percent of the workers were agency staff, Sky News reported, noting that Ruth was also not prevented from accessing harmful content online.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
To avoid being sent to one, migrants must prove that they would be harmed in such a place — a difficult legal burden.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
None of these are present in Charter-Cox, given the companies’ minimal overlap, the influx of new broadband competitors, and the absence of any evidence that consumer choice or pricing would be harmed.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Though, if your safety is at risk—as in, someone has threatened or otherwise harmed you, reach out to a domestic violence hotline ASAP.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Aug. 2025
The woman who reported that she was assaulted in the domestic violence incident and the children were not harmed in the shooting, Helmick said.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
Anderson said the watchlist distorted her work and harmed her reputation without giving her a chance to respond.
—USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
That has harmed the start of his NFL career.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2025
The inquest heard that the unit where Ruth had been was regularly understaffed, adding that on the day the teenager harmed herself, 50 percent of the workers were agency staff, Sky News reported, noting that Ruth was also not prevented from accessing harmful content online.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
To avoid being sent to one, migrants must prove that they would be harmed in such a place — a difficult legal burden.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2025
None of these are present in Charter-Cox, given the companies’ minimal overlap, the influx of new broadband competitors, and the absence of any evidence that consumer choice or pricing would be harmed.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Though, if your safety is at risk—as in, someone has threatened or otherwise harmed you, reach out to a domestic violence hotline ASAP.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Aug. 2025
The woman who reported that she was assaulted in the domestic violence incident and the children were not harmed in the shooting, Helmick said.
—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 13 Aug. 2025
Anderson said the watchlist distorted her work and harmed her reputation without giving her a chance to respond.
—USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
That has harmed the start of his NFL career.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmed
Verb
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Six houses were also damaged in the attack, Kondratiev said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Niacinamide, which is a form of Vitamin B3, is rich in antioxidants that help combat oily and sun-damaged skin, according to the brand.—
Rachel Trujillo,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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The next day, Encarnacion hit a 442-foot homer in his second at-bat of the game, then injured his hamstring in his third at-bat as Encarnacion tried running out an infield single.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
14 Sep. 2025
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The police said 26 officers were injured, including four seriously.—
Vitalii Yalahuzian,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rose would cry, somehow even more hurt than me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Officials in northeastern Kharkiv oblast, or region, reported four fatalities and 14 wounded; in neighboring, central Dnipropetrovsk oblast, four individuals lost their lives, with 10 others injured.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Paramedics who responded to the scene said the area was chaotic and covered in broken glass, with people wounded and lying unconscious on the road and a sidewalk near the bus stop.—
Bradford Betz , Anders Hagstrom,
FOXNews.com,
8 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
Adjective
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In my experience, redeeming a broken industry requires regaining consumer trust by delivering empathy, transparency, and a process that works for clients, especially in a space that has historically worked against the interests of consumers.—
Brandon Aversano,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Across the eastern Baltic states (an area pertaining to modern-day Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), there are even more examples of broken tools in Stone Age burials.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Define the steps employees must take if a device is lost or compromised.—
Mike Rosen,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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If compromised, malicious radios inside them could be used for simultaneous outages or covert data collection, the FHWA warned.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Experts in psychiatry and workplace wellness previously told Newsweek that long hours are linked to sleep disruption, impaired executive function and even structural changes in the brain.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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What is considered impaired driving in California?—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Harmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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