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harm

1

[ hahrm ]

noun

  1. physical injury or mental damage; hurt:

    to do him bodily harm.

    Antonyms:

  2. moral injury; evil; wrong.


verb (used with object)

  1. to do or cause harm to; injure; damage; hurt:

    to harm one's reputation.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms:

HARM

2

[ hahrm ]

noun

Military.
  1. a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.

harm

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. physical or mental injury or damage
  2. moral evil or wrongdoing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to injure physically, morally, or mentally
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹰, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • 󲹰İ noun
  • -󲹰iԲ adjective
  • ܲ·󲹰 adjective
  • ܲ·󲹰iԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of harm1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English hearm; cognate with German Harm, Old Norse harmr

Origin of harm2

H(igh-speed) A(nti) R(adiation) M(issile)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of harm1

Old English hearm; related to Old Norse harmr grief, Old High German harm injury, Old Slavonic ǔ disgrace
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Idioms and Phrases

see do one wrong (harm) ; out of harm's way .
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Synonym Study

See damage.
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Example Sentences

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His updated lawsuit attempted to steer the case away from 1st Amendment issues and instead claim “60 Minutes” was a fraudulent product that harmed viewers in Texas.

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It was not just increased racism that caused harm, but the tone and intensity of the debate leading up to the vote, many say.

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“Losing this vital source of information will ultimately harm our nation’s ability to address the impacts of climate change.”

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Meanwhile, the rulers of the semi-autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan have a close relationship with Ankara based on mutual interests and have often downplayed the civilian harm due to Turkey's military action.

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In practice, people holding onto public office until the day they die denies opportunities to capable young adults and harms the party they serve.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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