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   harm

   /hɑːm/

   noun

   • 1. physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted: "I didn't mean to cause him any harm" Similar injuryhurtpainsufferingdistressanguishtraumatormentgriefdamageimpairmentdestructionlossruindefacementdefilementmischiefOpposite benefit
   • ▪ material damage: "it's unlikely to do much harm to the engine"
   • ▪ actual or potential ill effects or danger: "I can't see any harm in it" Similar evilbadnesswrongmischiefwrongdoingimmoralityillwickednessviceiniquitysinsinfulnessnefariousnessOpposite good

   verb

   • 1. physically injure: "the villains didn't harm him"
   • ▪ damage the health of: "smoking when pregnant can harm your baby"
   • ▪ have an adverse effect on: "this could harm his World Cup prospects"

   Word Origin Old Englishhearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr ‘grief, sorrow’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   What is the difference between harm and damage?

   • harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss. hurt implies inflicting a wound to the body or to the feelings. damage suggests injury that lowers value or impairs usefulness. impair suggests a making less complete or efficient by deterioration or diminution.

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   What does harm mean?

   • The meaning of HARM is physical or mental damage : injury. How to use harm in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Harm.

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   What does damage mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! HARM definition: 1. physical or other injury or damage: 2. to hurt someone or damage something: 3. physical or…. Learn more.

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   What does emotional harm mean?

   • Emotional harm was reserved for narrated events that did not entail concurrent physical harm. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of harm?

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   Learn the meaning of harm as a noun and a verb, with synonyms, idioms and collocations. Find out how to use harm in different contexts, such as business, law and ethics, with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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     to hurt someone or damage something: Thankfully no one was...

   • Znaczenie Harm, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     HARM definicja: 1. physical or other injury or damage: 2. to...

   • Harm Spanish Translation

     HARM translate: daño, hacer daño a, estropear, herida...

   • Harm: Malay Translation

     HARM translate: keburukan, mencederakan. Learn more in the...

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     HARM translate: أذى, يُؤْذي. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Harm is a noun or verb that means physical or mental damage, injury, or mischief. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and legal implications of harm from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Harm definition: physical injury or mental damage; hurt. See examples of HARM used in a sentence.

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   to hurt someone or damage something: Thankfully no one was harmed in the accident. The government's reputation has already been harmed by a series of scandals. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Idiom. harm a hair on someone's head.

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   Harm is physical or mental injury or damage, or moral evil or wrongdoing. Learn how to use harm as a verb or a noun, and see synonyms, pronunciation, and related words.

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   Harm is a deliberate injury or damage to someone or something. A playground bully is a mean kid who causes harm to other kids. Harm is both a noun and a verb — when you inflict harm on your brother, you harm him. Physically hurting someone is only one way to harm them.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation, usage and synonyms of the verb harm, which means to hurt or injure somebody or something. See examples, idioms and related topics.