Antonyms for harms


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : hahrm
Phonetic Transcription : hɑrm


Definition of harms

Origin :
  • Old English hearmian "to hurt" (see harm (n.)). It has ousted Old English skeþþan "scathe" in all but a few senses. Related: Harmed; harming.
  • noun injury, evil
  • verb injure; cause evil
Example sentences :
  • We'll demonstrate what we can do if he harms Inverness and Brady.
  • Extract from : « The Death-Traps of FX-31 » by Sewell Peaslee Wright
  • But the law does not even seek to indemnify a man from all harms.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • It is so adjusted as to soak up all evidence that helps it, and shed all that harms it.
  • Extract from : « Medical Essays » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • I've had new cushings put in, and my harms in goold on the back.
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • The harms on the cheers is the harms of the Carabas family.'
  • Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Not touched, especially by anything that misplaces, harms, or defiles.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
  • The material loss which comes from it is the least of its harms.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Business Etiquette » by Nella Henney
  • You must learn to separate your mind from your body so that what harms your body will not affect your mind.
  • Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
  • A great fool he is who forbears not from the thing that harms him.
  • Extract from : « The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises » by Richard Rolle of Hampole
  • There the wolf lives in great comfort like a domestic pet and harms no one.
  • Extract from : « Human Animals » by Frank Hamel

Synonyms for harms

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