Meaning of harm | Babel Free

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1. Physical injury; hurt; damage.
   countable, uncountable
2. To do harm to: pollutants that harm the environment; people who were harmed in the accident.
3. Emotional or figurative hurt.
   countable, uncountable
4. in or out of harm's way, in or out of a hazardous situation.
5. Detriment; misfortune.
   countable, uncountable
6. The action or result of inflicting loss or pain:damage, detriment, hurt, injury, mischief.
7. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
   countable, uncountable
8. To spoil the soundness or perfection of:blemish, damage, detract from, disserve, flaw, hurt, impair, injure, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate.
9. damage; injury; distress. I'll make sure you come to no harm; He meant no harm; It'll do you no harm to go. skade, kwaad ضَرَر، أذى вреда mal škoda; zlo der Schaden skade ζημιά, κακόdaño, mal, perjuicio paha, viga, kahju آسیب vahinko malנזק क्षति, हानि zlo, ozljeda, šteta kár kerusakan, kesusahan, dll. skaði male 損害 피해, 손상 blogis, skriauda nedomāt nekā ļauna keburukan schade, blessure, verdrietskade, fortredkrzywda زيان، تاوان، ضرر، ځور mal rău вред škoda; zlo; ublíženie; ujma škoda šteta ska...
10. to cause (a person) harm. There's no need to be frightened – he won't harm you. skaad, skade aandoen يَضُر، يُؤْذي причинявам вреда на fazer mal ublížit verletzen skade βλάπτω, κάνω κακό hacer daño, lastimar halba tegema آسيب زدن vahingoittaa faire du mal à לִגרוֹם נֶזֶק हानि पहुंचाना nauditi, anškoditi, ozlijediti árt menyakiti særa, meiða far male a 傷つける 피해를 입히다 padaryti (kam) ką nors bloga, nuskriausti, pakenkti darīt ļaunu; kaitēt mencederakan schade berokkenen, pijn doenskade, gjøre skad...
11. doing harm. Medicines can be harmful if you take too much of them. skadelik مُضِر، مُؤْذٍ вреден prejudicial škodlivý schädlich skadelig βλαβερόςnocivo, perjudicial, dañino kahjulik مضر vahingollinen nuisibleמזיק हानिकारक škodljiv, štetan ártalmas merugikan skaðlegur dannoso, nocivo 有害な 유해한 žalingas, kenksmingas kaitīgs membawa keburukan schadelijkskadeligszkodliwy ضررناك ، زيانمن prejudicial dău­nător вредный škodlivý škodljiv štetan skadlig, farlig ซึ่งให้โทษ zararlı 有害的 шкідливий, згубний ...
12. not dangerous or liable to cause harm. Don't be frightened of that snake – it's harmless. onskadelik غَيْر مُضِر، غَيْر مُؤْذٍ безвреден inofensivo neškodný harmlos harmløs; uskadelig αβλαβής, ακίνδυνοςinofensivo, inocuo ohutu بي ضرر vaaraton inoffensif שֶׁאֵינוֹ מֵזִיק अहानिकर bezazlen, bezopasan ártalmatlan tak berbahaya meinlaus, skaðlaus innocuo, inoffensivo 無害な 해롭지 않은 nežalingas, nekenksmingas, nekaltas nekaitīgs tidak membawa keburukan onschadelijk, onschuldigharmløs, uskadelig, ufarlig...
13. onskadelik بدون ضَرَر، بِدون أذى безвредно inofensivamente neškodně harmlos harmløst; uskadeligt ακίνδυνα inofensivamente ohutult بطور بي زيان vaarattomasti innocemment לְלא פְּגִיעָה बिना किसी हानि के bezazleno, bezopasno ártalmatlanul aman meinleysislega innocuamente 無害に 해롭지 않게 nekenksmingai, nekaltai nekaitīgi dengan tidak membawa keburukan onschadelijk, onschuldigharmløst, ufarlig nieszkodliwie په بىضرره توګه inofensivamente inofensiv; inocent безвредно neškodne neškodljivo bezopasno oska...
14. onskadelikheid, onskuld عَدَم ضَرَر، عَدَم أذى безвредност inocuidade nevinnost die Harmlosigkeit harmløshed απουσία ρίσκου ή κινδύνου inocuidad, cualidad de inofensivo ohutus بي ضرري vaarattomuus innocuitéתמימות अहानिकारकता bazazlenost ártalmatlanság keadaan aman meinleysi innocuità 無害 해롭지 않음 nekenksmingumas, nekaltumas nekaitīgums sifat yang tidak membawa keburukan onschadelijkheid, onschuldharmløshet nieszkodliwość بى ضرره inocuidade caracter inofensiv; ino­cenţă безвредность nevinnosť neš...

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Examples

“No harm came to my possessions.”

“You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.”

“Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.”

“And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.”

“I wish him no harm.”

“We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms.”

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