harm
harm Lexical Profile
harm Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Physical injury, damage, or hurt, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.
"The safety regulations are designed to protect factory workers from physical harm."
An adverse, detrimental, or unfavorable effect on someone's well-being, reputation, or interests; moral wrong or mischief.
"There is no harm in asking for an extension on the research paper if you need more time."
• verb
To cause physical injury or damage to a person, animal, or object.
"The conservationists ensured that the relocation process did not harm the nesting birds."
To have an adverse or detrimental effect on something, such as a reputation, economy, or system.
"Rising inflation and supply shortages could severely harm the region's economic recovery."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English hearm ('hurt, pain, evil, grief'), deriving from Proto-Germanic *harmaz, which is cognate with Old High German haram and Old Norse harmr ('grief, sorrow').