- physical or mental injury or damage
- moral evil or wrongdoing
- (transitive) to injure physically, morally, or mentally
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
harm /hɑrm/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- injury or damage;
hurt:to do someone bodily harm. - moral injury;
evil;
wrong:That proposal will do more harm than good.
v. [~ + object]
- to do or cause harm to:to harm one's reputation.
harm
(härm),USA pronunciation n.
v.t.
harm′er, n.
HARM (härm),USA pronunciation n. [Mil.]
- physical injury or mental damage;
hurt:to do him bodily harm. - moral injury;
evil;
wrong.
v.t.
- to do or cause harm to;
injure;
damage;
hurt:to harm one's reputation.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English hearm; cognate with German Harm, Old Norse harmr
- 1. 2. See damage. 3. maltreat, abuse.
- 1. benefit. 3. help.
HARM (härm),USA pronunciation n. [Mil.]
- Militarya U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- H(igh-speed) A(nti) R(adiation) M(issile)
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harm /hɑːm/ n
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