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as in damaged
to cause bodily damage to
though she wasn't harmed by the flying glass, she slipped and fell on a piece and cut her hand
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as in injured
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting
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Recent Examples of harmed
Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
There is no requirement to identify or follow up with the people who were harmed.
—Maya Miller, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
Poor Boyd and Lenya feel awful about the success of their mission, having harmed the M-6 personnel who were at Kuznetsov Station.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026
My office will continue to work alongside law enforcement partners like the Antioch Police Department to hold armed offenders accountable and pursue justice on behalf of all those harmed.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 8 May 2026
No animals or people were harmed.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
In Los Angeles County, a jury found Meta and Google liable for negligently designing addictive features that harmed the mental health of a young user.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The approximate expected maximum payout to individuals — or their survivors — who can show they were harmed by Purdue opioids that were prescribed to them.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Verb
No animals or people were harmed.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
No human journalist was harmed in this experiment.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
There is no requirement to identify or follow up with the people who were harmed.
—Maya Miller, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
Poor Boyd and Lenya feel awful about the success of their mission, having harmed the M-6 personnel who were at Kuznetsov Station.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 May 2026
My office will continue to work alongside law enforcement partners like the Antioch Police Department to hold armed offenders accountable and pursue justice on behalf of all those harmed.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 8 May 2026
No animals or people were harmed.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
In Los Angeles County, a jury found Meta and Google liable for negligently designing addictive features that harmed the mental health of a young user.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The approximate expected maximum payout to individuals — or their survivors — who can show they were harmed by Purdue opioids that were prescribed to them.
—ABC News, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmed
Adjective
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When the Sixers convened for Wednesday morning’s shootaround, Embiid was too hurt to participate.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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Ailing with a hurt knee and foot that kept him from elevating, the graduate transfer from UAB finished with 13 points on 4-for-13 shooting.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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While being held at the Independence Police Department’s detention unit, Ashley allegedly damaged the inside of a cell by smearing feces and blood on the walls and floor.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
19 May 2026
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The airliner returned to the skies because the NTSB determined that maintenance workers damaged the plane that crashed by improperly using a forklift to reattach the engine.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
Verb
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The district attorney’s office also has filed felony child endangerment charges against a Yorba Linda father whose 12-year-old son was critically injured after crashing a modified e-motorcycle allegedly capable of speeds up to 60 mph.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
14 May 2026
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Carter formed a duo with friend and singer Calvin Scott, but his collaborator was later seriously injured in an automobile accident.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Daniel, who spent years in the plush comfort of Silicon Valley tech roles — unlimited PTO, big teams, no broken dryers — is logging something closer to 60 hours a week now, bouncing between laptop, factory floor, and a dairy farm eight miles up the road.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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The court was told that Paul and her 10-month-old son were in one of the seven cars involved in the collision, resulting in the baby sustaining a broken leg, per Toronto Sun and CBC.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
Verb
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In 2015, a jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and left more than 260 wounded.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported Friday at least 37 people, including hospital staffers, women, children and a Canadian national, were wounded in Israeli strikes on towns in Lebanon’s Tyre District in the southern part of the country on the coast on the Mediterranean Sea.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The grand occasion was almost marred by an accident, the Tribune reported.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Though that 2017 championship is marred by one of the most egregious cheating scandals in baseball history.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Locations are chosen based on impaired-driving crashes, and first-time DUI offenders face average fines and penalties of $13,500.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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The short-term effects can include dizziness, slurred speech, poor coordination, nausea and impaired judgment.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
Verb
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OpenAI recently told all Mac users to update their apps, including ChatGPT and Codex, after a software supply chain attack compromised several employee devices.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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The damage from the data breach compromised the personal information of approximately 90,000 individuals, including employees, contractors and parking customers.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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“Harmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harmed. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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