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harm
A	noun
	1	damage, harm, hurt, scathe
				the act of damaging something or someone
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of integrity ╚damage, harm, hurt, scathe ╚defloration ╚burn ╚wound; wounding ╚defacement; disfigurement; disfiguration ╚impairment
	2	damage, harm, impairment
				the occurrence of a change for the worse
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚damage, harm, impairment ╚run; ladder; ravel ╚distortion; deformation ╚detriment; hurt
	3	injury, hurt, harm, trauma
				any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚pathological state ╚ill health; unhealthiness; health problem ╚injury, hurt, harm, trauma ╚dislocation ╚burn ╚bump ╚bruise; contusion ╚blunt trauma ╚bleeding; hemorrhage; haemorrhage ╚blast trauma ╚birth trauma
B	verb
	1	harm
				cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚indispose ╚hurt ╚injure; wound ╚harm ╚sicken

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harm or damage?
" the harm has been done" or damage has been done "
provided such action was consistent with laws of war such as proportionality and minimizing unintended harm to civilians.
ache, hurt, harm
do you any harm/harm you
He is as extraordinarily considerate as I can feel all the time, and keep me no harm
No harm, no foul
Any Harm
damage or harm
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