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harm

US /hɑrm/

noun, verb Target · B2 Sức khỏe

Definition

any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Too much noise at work can harm your hearing over time.

Synonyms

  • damagethe occurrence of a change for the worse
  • injurecause injuries or bodily harm to
  • hurtany physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc

Collocations

  • Easy do no harm
    to perform or carry out an activity regarding no harm
  • Medium cause financial harm to the client
    to cause financial harm to the client, meaning to give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
  • Hard irreparable harm to corporate reputation
    describing irreparable harm to corporate reputation (impossible to repair, rectify, or amend)
  • Very Hard out of harm's way
    to out of harm's way, meaning to to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality

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