What is the definition of word to harm

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Noun	1.	harm — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. hurt, injury, trauma health problem, ill health, unhealthiness — a state in which you are unable to function normally and without pain brain damage — injury to the brain that impairs its functions (especially permanently); can be caused by trauma to the head, infection, hemorrhage, inadequate oxygen, genetic abnormality, etc. birth trauma — physical injury to an infant during the birth process blast trauma — injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces) bleeding, haemorrhage, hemorrhage — the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel blunt trauma — injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car) bruise, contusion — an injury that doesn’t break the skin but results in some discoloration bump — a lump on the body caused by a blow burn — an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation dislocation — a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) electric shock — trauma caused by the passage of electric current through the body (as from contact with high voltage lines or being struck by lightning); usually involves burns and abnormal heart rhythm and unconsciousness fracture, break — breaking of hard tissue such as bone; «it was a nasty fracture»; «the break seems to have been caused by a fall» cryopathy, frostbite — destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene intravasation — entry of foreign matter into a blood vessel penetrating injury, penetrating trauma — injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body pinch — an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed rupture — state of being torn or burst open insect bite, sting, bite — a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect’s stinger into skin strain — injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain whiplash, whiplash injury — an injury to the neck (the cervical vertebrae) resulting from rapid acceleration or deceleration (as in an automobile accident) wale, weal, welt, wheal — a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions lesion — an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) wrench, pull, twist — a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; «the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell»; «he was sidelined with a hamstring pull»
	2.	harm — the occurrence of a change for the worse damage, impairment alteration, change, modification — an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; «the change was intended to increase sales»; «this storm is certainly a change for the worse»; «the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago» detriment, hurt — a damage or loss deformation, distortion — a change for the worse ravel, ladder, run — a row of unravelled stitches; «she got a run in her stocking»
	3.	harm — the act of damaging something or someone scathe, damage, hurt change of integrity — the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something impairment — damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement — the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; «the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion»; «he objected to the dam’s massive disfigurement of the landscape» wounding — the act of inflicting a wound burn — damage inflicted by fire
Verb	1.	harm — cause or do harm to; «These pills won’t harm your system» injure — cause injuries or bodily harm to sicken — make sick or ill; «This kind of food sickens me»

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harm

noun

2. damage, loss, ill, hurt, misfortune, mischief, detriment, impairment, disservice It would probably do the economy more harm than good.
damage good, help, benefit, aid, gain, improvement, assistance, blessing, boon, reparation, help, better, benefit, aid, improve, repair, assist, alleviate

in or out of harm’s way in or out of danger, in or out of the firing line They were never told how they’d been put in harm’s way.

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harm

noun

The action or result of inflicting loss or pain:

verb

To spoil the soundness or perfection of:

blemish, damage, detract from, disserve, flaw, hurt, impair, injure, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate.

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Noun

They threatened him with bodily harm.

The scandal has done irreparable harm to his reputation.

She’ll do anything to protect her children from harm.

They have suffered serious physical harm.

These new regulations could cause lasting harm to small businesses.

Verb

He would never intentionally harm his children.

chemicals that could harm the environment

The scandal has seriously harmed his reputation.

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Table of Contents

1. What is the synonyms for harm?
2. What is the synonym and antonym of harm?
3. Which word means without harm?
4. What is the antonym of harmful?
5. What is the antonym for abnormal?
6. What is the opposite word of dead?
7. What do you write when someone passes away?
8. Is it OK to say RIP?
9. Why do we say fly high when someone dies?
10. What is rip in Latin?
11. How do you tell someone to have a good rest?
12. Is sleep the best meditation?

- вред, ущерб

to do (much) harm to smb., smth. — причинять (большой) вред кому-л., чему-л.; нанести ущерб кому-л., чему-л. 
to suffer harm — получить повреждения; понести ущерб 
he suffered no harm — он не пострадал 
harm to the health — вред здоровью 
harm done by the storm — разрушения, причинённые бурей; ущерб, нанесённый штормом 

- зло, беда, вред; неприятность

- уст. горе, скорбь, печаль

- вредить, причинять вред; наносить ущерб

to harm smb.’s reputation — повредить чьей-л. репутации 
it hasn’t harmed you, has it? — вам это не повредило? 

- редк. пострадать, понести ущерб

he will not harm for it — это ему нисколько не вредит 

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I think no harm in it. 

Я не вижу в этом ничего плохого. / Мне кажется, в этом нет ничего плохого.

She didn’t think to harm me 

Она не думала (не планировала) вредить мне.

There is no harm in doing that. 

В этом нет ничего страшного.

These pills won’t harm your system 

Эти таблетки не причинят вам вреда.

The kidnappers didn’t harm him, thank God. 

Похитители не причинили ему вреда, и слава Богу.

They threatened him with bodily harm. 

Они угрожали ему физической расправой.

Sure he’ll do the dear boy no harm. 

Конечно, он не причинит милому мальчику никакого вреда.

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The oil spill did irreparable harm to the bay.  

I don’t think they intended any harm — it was just high spirits.  

These new regulations could cause lasting harm to small businesses.  

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb harm in English.

Harm

Harm is a moral and legal concept. Bernard Gert construes harms as any of the following: ▪ pain ▪ death ▪ disability ▪ loss of ability or freedom ▪ loss of pleasure Joel Feinberg gives an account of harms as setbacks to interests. He distinguishes welfare interests from ulterior interests. Hence on his view there are two kinds of harms. Welfare interests are interests in the continuance for a foreseeable interval of one’s life, and the interests in one’s own physical health and vigor, the integrity and normal functioning of one’s body, the absence of absorbing pain and suffering or grotesque disfigurement, minimal intellectual acuity, emotional stability, the absence of groundless anxieties and resentments, the capacity to engage normally in social intercourse and to enjoy and maintain friendships, at least minimal income and financial security, a tolerable social and physical environment, and a certain amount of freedom from interference and coercion.

Present

I harm

you harm

he/she/it harms

we harm

you harm

they harm

Present continuous

I am harming

you are harming

he/she/it is harming

we are harming

you are harming

they are harming

Present perfect

I have harmed

you have harmed

he/she/it has harmed

we have harmed

you have harmed

they have harmed

Present perfect continuous

I have been harming

you have been harming

he/she/it has been harming

we have been harming

you have been harming

they have been harming

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

Past

I harmed

you harmed

he/she/it harmed

we harmed

you harmed

they harmed

Past continuous

I was harming

you were harming

he/she/it was harming

we were harming

you were harming

they were harming

Past perfect

I had harmed

you had harmed

he/she/it had harmed

we had harmed

you had harmed

they had harmed

Past perfect continuous

I had been harming

you had been harming

he/she/it had been harming

we had been harming

you had been harming

they had been harming

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

Future

I will harm

you will harm

he/she/it will harm

we will harm

you will harm

they will harm

Future continuous

I will be harming

you will be harming

he/she/it will be harming

we will be harming

you will be harming

they will be harming

Future perfect

I will have harmed

you will have harmed

he/she/it will have harmed

we will have harmed

you will have harmed

they will have harmed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been harming

you will have been harming

he/she/it will have been harming

we will have been harming

you will have been harming

they will have been harming

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

Conditional

I would harm

you would harm

he/she/it would harm

we would harm

you would harm

they would harm

Conditional continuous

I would be harming

you would be harming

he/she/it would be harming

we would be harming

you would be harming

they would be harming

Conditional perfect

I would have harm

you would have harm

he/she/it would have harm

we would have harm

you would have harm

they would have harm

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been harming

you would have been harming

he/she/it would have been harming

we would have been harming

you would have been harming

they would have been harming

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

Imperative

you harm
we let´s harm
you harm

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

Present Participle

harming

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

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At which time came to us many boats and we suffered them to come aboard, being not able to resist them, which people did us no harm, neither of us understanding the one the other.

Our system provides for a winner to take office on January 20th, and he is expected to take command of the ship of state. Failure to do so, characterized by hesitation and indecision, will harm the national interest.

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

Anger clearly has its proper place at work, which is neither wholly absent nor ever present. The manager who is an emotional blank is just as hard to work for as the volcanic boss, and both can do great harm by setting an unhelpful example for what kind of emotional expression is expected and accepted.

I don’t think it ever does any harm in any business to feel that there is someone there who cares about it. If you look at any business, fashion being the most obvious, the aura, or the reality of the designer, is part of what creates it. It’s true in luxury goods stores and in good food stores. It leaves a palpable sense that someone cares.

I do not believe it makes sense to say that nuclear weapons are inherently evil. In certain circumstances, they can play a positive role — as they have in the past. But clearly they have a power to do great harm.

The third group is focused on counterintelligence and security. I think the reason for that is fairly evident, in terms of vulnerabilities of the department and the harm that can come to it by failing to detect when we have, in fact, been harmed.

I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don’t understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you.

I still look at my job as being a doctor of the people, and I’m going to look at the science… If we can find a viable alternative that gave us harm reduction as people are withdrawing from nicotine, I’m happy to engage in that science and see if we can do that.

Don’t even get me started. I’m not against all vegetarians. But if you’re a vegetarian for ethical reasons, you may be causing more harm.

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How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in …

How We Do Harm exposes the underbelly of healthcare today—the overtreatment of the rich, the under treatment of the poor, the financial conflicts of interest that determine the care that physicians’ provide, insurance companies that …

2

Do No Harm: How Aid Can Support Peace—or War

Echoing the words of the Hippocratic Oath, the author challenges aid agency staff to take responsibility for the ways that their assistance affects conflicts.

3

Bodily Harm: The Breakthrough Healing Program for Self-Injurers

An exploration of self-mutilation, a growing phenomenon among women and teenagers still widely misunderstood by the medical community, offers a treatment regimen, defining the problem, explaining its origins, and offering advice.

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Freedom from Self-Harm: Overcoming Self-Injury with Skills …

This book has been awarded The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Seal of Merit — an award bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that …

This first volume in the four-volume series The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law focuses on the «harm principle,» the commonsense view that prevention of harm to persons other than the perpetrator is a legitimate purpose of criminal …

This is the third volume of Joel Feinberg’s highly regarded The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, a four-volume series in which Feinberg skillfully addresses a complex question: What kinds of conduct may the state make criminal without …

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Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescence

Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescence clearly summarizes and evaluates current research into suicidal behaviour — it is essential reading for social workers, mental health professionals, GPs, teachers and parents.

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Practicing Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, Second Edition: An …

This acclaimed clinical guide, now substantially revised and updated, has helped thousands of clinicians put the proven principles of harm reduction into practice with therapy clients who have substance use problems.

9

First Do No Harm: Law, Ethics and Healthcare

This collection of essays from leading figures in the field of medical law and ethics is a lasting testimony to the work of one of the most eminent scholars in the area, Professor Ken Mason.

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Animal Harm: Perspectives on Why People Harm and Kill Animals

Taking a broad approach, this book considers the killing and harming of animals in an international context and examines the effectiveness of current legislation, policy and sentencing.

Redefine ideas of success, harm reduction group to | Sudbury Star

A harm reduction home is a residence where chronically homeless substance abusers live and receive services, including several drinks a day. «The Sudbury Star, Jul 15»

Radio show delivers harm reduction message | Stuff.co.nz

A Nelson radio show that discusses how to reduce the harm associated with intravenous drug use has gone from strength to strength since it … «The Nelson Mail, Jul 15»

Homeopathic Treatments: Do They Help or Harm? — LiveScience

Although some people say homeopathy, a type of alternative medicine, is safe and leads to better outcomes when used along with … «Live Science, Jul 15»

Internet cap may harm business: municipality | The Chronicle Herald

Internet cap may harm business: municipality. PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Business Reporter Published July 14, 2015 — 1:06pm. Last Updated July 14, … «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»

Higher energy prices will harm minorities the most | TheHill

Here’s one that should be at the top of the list: the Obama administration’s new Clean Power Plan and the disproportionate harm it will impose … «The Hill, Jul 15»

Disputes harm cinema, students: Varun Dhawan on FTII row

MUMBAI: As the strike at Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) continues over the appointment of TV actor Gajendra Chauhan, Bollywood … «Economic Times, Jul 15»

Violence, self-harm rife in UK prisons amid continued govt cuts …

He said murders, cases of self-harm, serious assaults and violence are on the rise in male prisons. Hardwick, who will step down from his role … «RT, Jul 15»

12 Teachings That Harm the Church — Charisma News

I have heard it said that «balance is the key to life.» I agree with that statement, as I have found that any truth taken to the extreme (that ignores … «Charisma News, Jul 15»

Kenneth Crockett appears in court charged with grievous bodily harm

He is charged with one count of grievous bodily harm with intent in relation to an incident in a communal garden, in Oxford Road, in the early … «getreading, Jul 15»

Peabody Energy to White House: Greenhouse Gas a ‘Non-Existent …

It’s like what we discovered with tobacco – the more you push back the date of knowledge of the harm, the more you delay any remediation, the … «De Smog Blog, Jul 15»

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