harm

Definition for harm

noun as in injury, evil

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abuse, damage, disservice, impairment, loss, mischief, misuse, sabotage, vandalism, violence, wrong

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detriment, hurt, ill, immorality, infliction, iniquity, marring, mischance, misfortune, noxiousness, outrage, perniciousness, prejudice, ravage, ruin, ruination, sin, sinfulness, vice, wickedness

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banefulness, deleteriousness, foul play, wear and tear

verb as in injure; cause evil

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abuse, damage, hurt, impair, inconvenience, maim, mar, outrage, prejudice, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shock, tarnish, trample, traumatize, undermine, wreck

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blemish, bruise, crush, dilapidate, discommode, get, ill-treat, incommode, maltreat, mangle, misuse, molest, mutilate, nick, scathe, spoil, stab, total, tweak, vandalize, vitiate, wing, wound, wrench, wrong, zing

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disserve, do violence to, dump on, louse up, mess up, muck up, put down

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"When we pick up a pack of cigarettes or a bottle of wine, we expect to be told about the harm those products will pose to our health," she argued.

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The afterglow of the unprecedented second state visit can hardly do harm.

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"Our dedicated prison officers put themselves in harm's way every day to protect us," he said.

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"It's because he wants to carry on running his social media platform without taking any responsibility for the terrible harm it is causing – especially to our children."

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While Dr Chung sees no harm in healthy adults "trying it out", he also says results tend to be "minimal gains", adding that "it is not, by any means, a wonder drug".

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