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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, 28 Mar. 2026
Some other countries — including Spain, France and the United Kingdom — are also taking or considering measures to restrict children's access to social media amid growing concern that they are being harmed by exposure to unregulated social media content.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
This finding suggests that, in aggregate, tariffs neither significantly boosted nor meaningfully harmed overall economic growth in the short term.
—Tom Ozimek, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2026
During the 10 month time jump between season one and season two, Langdon went to rehab and has been working The 12 Steps in order to return the Pitt, including making amends with the people he's harmed.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
Other women are put on these drugs while undergoing chemotherapy for cancer—to shield their ovaries from being harmed by the treatment—or as part of long-term management for hormone-dependent cancer.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 20 Mar. 2026
Three major reports this month reveal that Trump has rapidly harmed American democracy since returning to the White House.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
The deputies claimed that these were intentional lies that harmed their reputations and made their lives and their jobs more difficult.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Nobody inside the establishment was harmed in the shooting.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
Some other countries — including Spain, France and the United Kingdom — are also taking or considering measures to restrict children's access to social media amid growing concern that they are being harmed by exposure to unregulated social media content.
—ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
This finding suggests that, in aggregate, tariffs neither significantly boosted nor meaningfully harmed overall economic growth in the short term.
—Tom Ozimek, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2026
During the 10 month time jump between season one and season two, Langdon went to rehab and has been working The 12 Steps in order to return the Pitt, including making amends with the people he's harmed.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
Other women are put on these drugs while undergoing chemotherapy for cancer—to shield their ovaries from being harmed by the treatment—or as part of long-term management for hormone-dependent cancer.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 20 Mar. 2026
Three major reports this month reveal that Trump has rapidly harmed American democracy since returning to the White House.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
The deputies claimed that these were intentional lies that harmed their reputations and made their lives and their jobs more difficult.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
Nobody inside the establishment was harmed in the shooting.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmed
Adjective
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The hurt officers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Scherer said.—
Julie Mendes,
AZCentral.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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Landry has been hampered by a hurt knee since mid-October.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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The storm lifted the roof of a boathouse and damaged a dock, garage, and fence.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Four ambulances belonging to Hatzola Northwest, a volunteer organization that provides emergency medical response, were damaged, according to the London Fire Brigade.—
KRUTIKA PATHI,
Arkansas Online,
24 Mar. 2026
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When Iowa State's best player got injured in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Nate Heise stepped up.—
Ren Clayton,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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One resident was injured and about 150 others were displaced after a motel fire in White Settlement on Thursday afternoon, officials said in a Facebook post.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Homecoming for Pope Jordan Pope scored 12 points in 33 minutes for Texas playing in his native Bay Area, coming back after suffering a broken foot late in a second-round win over Gonzaga.—
Janie McCauley,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Gertie’s broken tail was a desperate and heartbreaking sign of her relief and gratitude, the news release stated.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Others are less seriously wounded but not yet able to return to duty.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Norlan Guzmán Fuentes, a landscaper from El Salvador, was fatally wounded.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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But his first year in Philly was marred by knee and adductor injuries that resulted in the forward having one of the worst years of his NBA career.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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However, Brendon’s later career was marred by both physical and mental health issues; the actor underwent spinal surgeries in 2021, followed a year later by a heart attack caused by a congenital heart defect.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
21 Mar. 2026
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Responding law enforcement officers suspected Woods was impaired.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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Timberlake was arrested June 18, 2024, on Long Island and pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2026
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The city has not provided additional details about what potentially sensitive information that could have been compromised in the attack.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Smog compromised the health of kids and the sickly and the elderly.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Harmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmed. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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