Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune. That which causes injury, damage, or loss. We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms. Shak.
HARMv.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
To hurt; to injure; to damage; to wrong. Though yet he never harmed me. Shak. No ground of enmity between us known Why he should mean me ill or seek to harm. Milton.
harmnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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Physical injury; hurt; damage. | Emotional or figurative hurt. | Detriment; misfortune. | That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
harmverb
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To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object.
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