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harm

[hahrm]

–noun

1.	physical injury or mental damage; hurt: to do him bodily harm.

2.	moral injury; evil; wrong.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to do or cause harm to; injure; damage; hurt: to harm one's reputation.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE hearm; c. G Harm, ON harmr

Language Translation for : Harm

Spanish:

daño, mal, perjuicio,

German:

der Schaden,

Japanese:

損害

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HARM

[hahrm]

–noun Military.

a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.

Origin:
H(igh-speed) A(nti) R(adiation) M(issile)

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harm (härm) Pronunciation Key
n.

Physical or psychological injury or damage.
Wrong; evil.

tr.v. harmed, harm·ing, harms
To do harm to.

[Middle English, from Old English hearm.]

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harm

O.E. hearm "hurt, evil, grief, pain, insult," from P.Gmc. *kharmaz (cf. O.N. harmr, O.Fris. herm, Ger. harm "grief, sorrow, harm"). The verb is from O.E. hearmian "to hurt," and ousted O.E. skeþþan "scathe" in all but a few senses.

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harm
noun
1.	any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. [syn: injury]
2.	the occurrence of a change for the worse [syn: damage]
3.	the act of damaging something or someone [syn: damage]
verb
1.	cause or do harm to; "These pills won't harm your system"

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harm

see do one wrong (harm); out of harm's way.

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Main Entry: harm
Function: noun
: loss of or damage to a person's right, property, or physical or mental well-being : INJURY —harm transitive verb

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Harm

Harm\, n. [OE. harm, hearm, AS. hearm; akin to OS. harm, G. harm grief, Icel. harmr, Dan. harme, Sw. harm; cf. OSlav. & Russ. sram' shame, Skr. crama toil, fatigue.]

1. Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

2. That which causes injury, damage, or loss.

We, ignorant of ourselves, Beg often our own harms. --Shak.

Syn: Mischief; evil; loss; injury. See Mischief.

Harm

Harm\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Harming.] [OE. harmen, AS. hearmian. See Harm, n.] 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.

HARM
high-speed antiradiation missile