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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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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, 9 Nov. 2025
No animals or staff members were harmed during the incident.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
At least no dogs were harmed along the way.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Gallagher Trombley, the Digital Mom Media founder, worries that the helicopter parenting and the constant surveillance of our children, covert or otherwise, might have harmed an entire generation.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
The animals can be harmed by entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships and other hazards at sea.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
The report also calculated the amount of PFNA that people could be exposed to without being harmed — a critical measurement that can be used to set limits for cleaning up PFNA contamination in Superfund sites and for removing the chemical from drinking water.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
When fewer people use drugs, fewer will be harmed by them.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Bar stressed that Netanyahu's decision several weeks ago to remove him from the Israeli negotiations team on the Gaza hostage deal harmed the efforts to release the hostages.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Nov. 2025
No animals or staff members were harmed during the incident.
—Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
At least no dogs were harmed along the way.
—Brad Japhe, HollywoodReporter, 25 Oct. 2025
Gallagher Trombley, the Digital Mom Media founder, worries that the helicopter parenting and the constant surveillance of our children, covert or otherwise, might have harmed an entire generation.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
The animals can be harmed by entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships and other hazards at sea.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
The report also calculated the amount of PFNA that people could be exposed to without being harmed — a critical measurement that can be used to set limits for cleaning up PFNA contamination in Superfund sites and for removing the chemical from drinking water.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2025
When fewer people use drugs, fewer will be harmed by them.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Bar stressed that Netanyahu's decision several weeks ago to remove him from the Israeli negotiations team on the Gaza hostage deal harmed the efforts to release the hostages.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmed
Adjective
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Invariably, the oft-hurt Williamson is once again hurt, not even 10 games into the regular season.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Gen Z has seen the steepest decline in credit scores of any age group this year as student loans repayments, a tough job market, high inflation and fewer opportunities to build credit early hurt young borrowers, according to the inaugural FICO Score Credit Insights Report.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The sauna business will launch at Hart Park months after historic August flooding damaged and closed much of the 52-acre park, which is located on a floodplain.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Stop Fertilizing Fertilizing prompts new growth, and fall isn’t the time for crepe myrtle trees or shrubs to focus on developing new branches and leaves that can be damaged by winter freezes.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Woll and Stolarz carried the load when each was injured.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Spoelstra was remarkably upbeat before the game, offering gratitude for the outpouring of support from the NBA community and expressing relief that nobody was injured in the inferno.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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And then there’s the wreckage of a broken heart and being left to mend it in an era where technology has plunged dating into overdrive.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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Her dad, Mark, 54, commented with praying, broken heart and crying emojis.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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At least four inmates in the Machala Detention Center were reported killed and roughly 36 were wounded.—
Ana María Cañizares,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Five people were wounded in a shooting outside a Safeway supermarket in San Francisco's Outer Richmond neighborhood Saturday night, according to the San Francisco Police Department.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This dynamic marred the 2012-13 Hurricane Sandy package and has recurred in other disaster bills, not because relief is illegitimate but because speed plus political cover invites provisions that would die in regular order.—
Veronique De Rugy,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sook’s comments followed Nexstar’s report of quarterly results, which were marred by the absence of political advertising compared with the same quarter in 2024.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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There was also an accumulation of p62, a marker protein that accumulates when autophagy is impaired.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Nov. 2025
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Dementia is a group of conditions involving memory loss and impaired thinking and problem-solving skills that impair the person's daily life.—
Verywell Health,
Verywell Health,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In another case, a 65-year-old caterer reportedly lost $162,000 when a friendly woman pretending to be a bank employee claimed her ATM card had been compromised.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Republicans argue that neutrality was compromised years earlier, and by the very officials raising alarms today.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Harmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmed. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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