harm

harm
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. deterioration, evil, dishonor, mischief, injury. —v. damage, injure; desecrate, abuse, break. See malevolence, wrong.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Injury]
Syn. hurt, infliction, impairment; see injury 1 .
2. [Evil]
Syn. wickedness, outrage, foul play; see abuse 3 , evil 2 , wrong 2 .
v.
Syn. injure, hurt, wreck, cripple; see hurt 1 .
See Synonym Study at hurt .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
injury, hurt, damage, destruction, adversity, waste, wrong, detriment, abuse, loss, ruin.
ANT.: help, good, benefit
II
v.
hurt, injure, damage, wound, cripple, maim, molest, impair, destroy, wrong, abuse, ruin, misuse, wreck, spoil.
ANT.: help, benefit, do good
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun The action or result of inflicting loss or pain: damage, detriment, hurt, injury, mischief. See HELP. II verb To spoil the soundness or perfection of: blemish, damage, detract from, disserve, flaw, hurt, impair, injure, mar, prejudice, tarnish, vitiate. See BETTER, HELP.

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