Antonyms for harming


Grammar : Verb
Spell : hahrm
Phonetic Transcription : hɑrm


Definition of harming

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from un- (1) "not" + past participle of harm.
  • verb injure; cause evil
Example sentences :
  • "If I hear of your harming the boy I'll have you sent to jail," said Dick decidedly.
  • Extract from : « The Liberty Boys Running the Blockade » by Harry Moore
  • They were thought to be out stealing milk and harming cattle.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley
  • Mind you, we're not out to do these people any harm, only to make sure they're not harming us.
  • Extract from : « The Pit Prop Syndicate » by Freeman Wills Crofts
  • I have nothing to conceal in my life, and certainly I have no idea of harming Daisy.
  • Extract from : « A Coin of Edward VII » by Fergus Hume
  • The cook did as he was bid, and for two hours they fought, neither of them harming the other.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Romance » by Various
  • And am I harming him, without knowing it, in keeping him here under my wing?
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Child » by Arthur Stringer
  • They can have no object in harming us, as we have not injured them.
  • Extract from : « Five Thousand Miles Underground » by Roy Rockwood
  • Yes—and I can never forgive myself the thought of harming you——!
  • Extract from : « A Man of the People » by Thomas Dixon
  • As they still dwindled, it seemed probable that the foxes were harming them.
  • Extract from : « Domesticated Animals » by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
  • She was so innocent and helpless it seemed no one would dream of harming her.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish

Synonyms for harming

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