harm
/hˈɑrm/
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Definitions
Noun
any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Noun
the occurrence of a change for the worse
Noun
the act of damaging something or someone
Verb
cause or do harm to; "These pills won''t harm your system"
More General Terms
alteration
change
change of integrity
health problem
ill health
injure
modification
unhealthiness
wound
More Specific Terms
birth trauma
bite
blast trauma
bleeding
blunt trauma
brain damage
break
bruise
bump
burn
contusion
cryopathy
defacement
defloration
deformation
detriment
disfiguration
disfigurement
dislocation
distortion
electric shock
fracture
frostbite
haemorrhage
hemorrhage
hurt
impairment
insect bite
intravasation
ladder
lesion
penetrating injury
penetrating trauma
pinch
pull
ravel
run
rupture
sicken
sting
strain
twist
wale
weal
welt
wheal
whiplash
whiplash injury
wound
wounding
wrench