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    harm
    [härm]
    noun
    harm (noun)
    1. physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted:
      "it's fine as long as no one is inflicting harm on anyone else"
      • material damage:
        "it's unlikely to do much harm to the engine"
      • actual or potential ill effect or danger:
        "I can't see any harm in it"
    verb
    harm (verb) · harms (third person present) · harmed (past tense) · harmed (past participle) · harming (present participle)
    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 Olympic prospects"
    Origin
    Old English hearm (noun), hearmian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German Harm and Old Norse harmr ‘grief, sorrow’.
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    Similar and Opposite Words
    noun
    1. physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted:
      injury
      hurt
      pain
      suffering
      distress
      anguish
      trauma
      torment
      grief
      damage
      impairment
      destruction
      loss
      ruin
      defacement
      defilement
      mischief
      Opposite:
      benefit
    verb
    1. physically injure:
      injure
      hurt
      wound
      maltreat
      mistreat
      misuse
      ill-treat
      ill-use
      abuse
      molest
      do violence to
      damage
      spoil
      mar
      destroy
      impair
      deface
      defile
      blemish
      tarnish
      taint
      inflict pain on
      inflict suffering on
      handle/treat roughly
      lay a finger on
      do mischief to
      Opposite:
      benefit
      improve
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