as in damages
something that causes loss or pain
you were lucky to survive the fire without harm no harm in trying
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as in injures
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 hurts
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 harms
Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
The program is a community for parents and caregivers whose children have been affected by social media harms, including families who have lost a child due to dangers online.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Since 2024, a number of lawsuits have been filed by parents against companies offering AI chatbots, alleging that extensive use of the technology led to a range of harms to kids, including manipulating and isolating them and leading to death by suicide.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
From safety redundancies and modernization efforts to training future controllers and keeping the best staff, much of the work of the Federal Aviation Administration could see long term harms from the shutdown, experts say.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Yet politicians often effectively leverage fears to garner votes, and companies routinely market unnecessary products that promise protection from imagined or exaggerated harms.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Artificial intelligence is billed by its profiteers as a new frontier for technology and humanity, but generative AI often perpetuates existing social harms.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
If companies had studied these drugs in pregnant women, some of those harms might have been avoided.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
As prosecutors focus on social-media harms from the last decade, tech companies are moving forward with new advancements in artificial intelligence.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Chris Sims, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Removing leaves not only harms your local ecosystem, but leaf blowers and other power equipment also produce extra carbon emissions.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and environmental advocacy group the Friends of the Everglades filed an early lawsuit that resulted in halting the construction of Alligator Alcatraz, arguing that the facility harms the fragile ecosystem of the Everglades.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Extra-intestinal symptoms like fatigue, headache and muscle pain are common, but there’s still no evidence that gluten directly harms the nervous system in these cases.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Further, fear harms communities and society by corroding social trust and civic engagement.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
God never sanctions cruelty; love that harms is not love at all.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
In many other contexts, reproductive rights are understood as a collective good that benefits all society – or, conversely, harms all society when revoked.
—Seda Saluk, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
Think of the harms of erratic schedules akin to the way dripping water can erode stone.
—Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 Nov. 2025
The program is a community for parents and caregivers whose children have been affected by social media harms, including families who have lost a child due to dangers online.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Since 2024, a number of lawsuits have been filed by parents against companies offering AI chatbots, alleging that extensive use of the technology led to a range of harms to kids, including manipulating and isolating them and leading to death by suicide.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
From safety redundancies and modernization efforts to training future controllers and keeping the best staff, much of the work of the Federal Aviation Administration could see long term harms from the shutdown, experts say.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Yet politicians often effectively leverage fears to garner votes, and companies routinely market unnecessary products that promise protection from imagined or exaggerated harms.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
Artificial intelligence is billed by its profiteers as a new frontier for technology and humanity, but generative AI often perpetuates existing social harms.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
If companies had studied these drugs in pregnant women, some of those harms might have been avoided.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
As prosecutors focus on social-media harms from the last decade, tech companies are moving forward with new advancements in artificial intelligence.
—Charlotte Alter, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
—Chris Sims, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
This decision directly harms our subscribers while benefiting their own live TV products, including Hulu + Live TV and Fubo.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Removing leaves not only harms your local ecosystem, but leaf blowers and other power equipment also produce extra carbon emissions.
—Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2025
The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and environmental advocacy group the Friends of the Everglades filed an early lawsuit that resulted in halting the construction of Alligator Alcatraz, arguing that the facility harms the fragile ecosystem of the Everglades.
—Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Extra-intestinal symptoms like fatigue, headache and muscle pain are common, but there’s still no evidence that gluten directly harms the nervous system in these cases.
—New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Further, fear harms communities and society by corroding social trust and civic engagement.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 24 Oct. 2025
God never sanctions cruelty; love that harms is not love at all.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
In many other contexts, reproductive rights are understood as a collective good that benefits all society – or, conversely, harms all society when revoked.
—Seda Saluk, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harms
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Jurors were also tasked with deciding whether Zwerner was negligent and caused any of her own damages; if so, she would be barred from recovering any money from Parker, the judge instructed the jury.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Martinez is seeking over $135,000 in damages for her arrest.—
Real-Time News team,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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If an animal injures a human or another animal, or has been declared dangerous elsewhere, it can be ordered removed from the city.—
Quinn Clark,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Derek gravely injures his hand.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And some experts caution that the testing of nuclear warheads – creating actual nuclear explosions – hurts humans and can have lasting consequences for generations.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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If anything hurts, pull slowly out of the pose.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
30 Oct. 2025
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Eight students and the Suburban's driver reportedly suffered injuries in the crash that were not life-threatening.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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Supporters of the Cougars and Red Raiders have united behind Texas Tech’s official barber, Ivan Ortiz, and his wife, Maddie Ortiz, after Maddie suffered severe injuries in a recent car crash.—
Sam Jane,
New York Times,
6 Nov. 2025
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Even with all of them in place, Shirley misses the masked attacker sneaking his way up to the apartment door, and Lamb’s attempt to blind him with bleach creates a chaotic struggle that wounds the assailant without containing him.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Set against Mumbai’s relentless pulse, their delicate connection faces tests as personal histories, desires, and wounds resurface.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Deadly holiday weekend mars broad crime drop The back-and-forth followed a Labor Day weekend of deadly violence in Chicago worse than in the previous two years, with seven people shot to death, according to preliminary Chicago Police Department reports.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Valuing a project at cost of production rather than value in an arm’s length sale—common in all economic statistics—especially mars Chinese data.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Without light and air, the grass weakens and dies instead of going into winter dormancy.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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For many shrubs, pruning in the fall weakens the plant by spurring tender new growth that is vulnerable to coming frosts.—
Erica Browne Grivas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Second, this ambiguity around responsibility cripples an organization’s ability to respond effectively.—
Nelson Lim,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Drones allow aggressors to target critical infrastructure that cripples a defender’s economy at low cost and with high accuracy.—
Omar Al-Ubaydli,
semafor.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Harms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harms. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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