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harm
to have a bad effect on someone or something:
• Many women said parenthood harmed their careers. • A little hard work never harmed anyone.
damage
to harm something badly. Damage is more serious than harm:
• His reputation was damaged and his career was in ruins. • The affair has damaged people’s confidence in the government.
be bad for somebody/something
to be likely to harm someone or something:
• Too much fatty food is bad for you. • All this rain is bad for business.
be detrimental to something
formal to be bad for something:
• The new housing development will be detrimental to the character of this small town.
impair
formal to harm something, especially someone’s ability to do something or the correct working of a system:
• Any amount of alcohol that you drink will impair your ability to drive. • His vision was impaired.
prejudice
to have a bad effect on the future success of something:
• Don’t do anything to prejudice our chances of winning.
Longman-Thesaurus
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noun ADJ. considerable, great, serious, untold He was clearly intent on inflicting serious harm on someone. | irreparable, lasting, permanent | emotional, mental, physical, psychological elderly people in danger of physical or emotional harm | economic, environmental VERB + HARM cause, do, inflict The huge fall in exports has done a great deal of harm to the economy. | mean (sb), wish sb I'm sorry if I upset you?I didn't mean any harm. No one wishes you harm. | come to, suffer I don't think he'll come to any harm if his mother is with him. | keep sb from, prevent, protect sb from, shield sb from The children were removed from their parents to prevent harm to them. She tried to shield her child from harm. HARM + VERB come to sb/sth I don't want any harm to come to these pictures. PREP. ~ from babies at risk of serious harm from their parents | ~ to the harm done to the environment PHRASES more harm than good The drugs he was prescribed did him more harm than good. | out of harm's way The younger children were kept out of harm's way., verb ADV. seriously Misusing drugs in pregnancy can seriously harm your baby. | deliberately | physically VERB + HARM intend to, want to He claimed that he had not intended to harm the girl. | try to
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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harm
verbs
do (something) harm
• Try to choose products that do the least harm to the environment.
cause (somebody/something) harm
• Very small amounts of the chemical cause no lasting harm.
inflict harm
(= cause harm, especially physical harm )
• None of us wants to inflict harm on another human being.
suffer harm
• A child can be taken into care if he is or is likely to suffer significant harm.
prevent harm
• He was put in a mental hospital to prevent harm to others.
adjectives
great/serious/significant harm
• If you drink too much alcohol, you can do yourself serious harm.
physical harm
• They were afraid that he would do them some actual physical harm.
psychological/emotional harm
• Depriving a child of love does irreparable emotional harm.
environmental harm
• The report highlights the environmental harm caused by transporting goods around the world.
irreparable harm
(= that cannot be made better )
• The scandal has caused irreparable harm to his career.
lasting/permanent harm
• The injury caused him discomfort but no lasting harm.
untold harm
(= so much harm that it cannot be described completely )
• This type of abuse can cause a child untold harm.
potential harm
• People need to be more aware of the potential harm of being overweight.
phrases
do more harm than good
(= cause more problems rather than improve a situation )
• If you don’t warm up properly, exercise may do more harm than good.
no harm done
spoken (= used to tell someone not to worry about something they have done )
• ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to push you.’ ‘Don’t worry, no harm done.’
where’s the harm in that?
spoken (= used when you think that something seems reasonable, although other people may not )
• Sure, he gets attention when he performs at a charity event, but where’s the harm in that?
COMMON ERRORS
>>> Do not say ' give harm ' or ' make harm '. Say do harm or cause harm .
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