harm
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
harm/hɑːm/
▶noun physical injury, especially that which is deliberately inflicted.
■ material damage.
■ actual or potential ill effect.
▶verb physically injure.■ have an adverse effect on.
– phrases
out of harm's way in a safe place.
out of harm's way in a safe place.
– origin OE hearm (n.), hearmian (v.), of Gmc origin.
'harm' also found in these Oxford entries:
ABH
- actual bodily harm
- affliction
- alternative energy
- annoy
- assault
- avenge
- battery
- bear
- bite
- blight
- bugger
- careful
- careless
- commensal
- conserve
- considerate
- cruelty
- curse
- damage
- damnum
- danger
- dangerous
- defend
- deleterious
- detrimental
- devil's claw
- discredit
- discreditable
- environmental audit
- evil
- expose
- exposure
- fear
- gas
- GBH
- grievous bodily harm
- hand
- harmful
- harmless
- hit
- ill
- indemnify
- inimical
- injure
- injury
- invulnerable
- Jainism
- jeopardize
