harm

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ considerable, great, serious, untold (esp. BrE)

▪

He was clearly intent on inflicting serious harm on someone.

▪ irreparable, lasting, permanent

▪ emotional, mental, physical, psychological

▪

elderly people in danger of physical or emotional harm

▪ economic, environmental

VERB + HARM

▪ cause, do, inflict

▪

The huge fall in exports has done a great deal of harm to the economy.

▪ mean (sb), wish sb

▪

I'm sorry if I upset you—I didn't mean any harm.

▪

No one wishes you harm.

▪ come to, suffer

▪

I don't think he'll come to any harm if his mother is with him.

▪ keep sb from, prevent, protect sb from, shield sb from

▪

The children were removed from their parents to prevent harm to them.

▪

She tried to shield her child from harm.

HARM + VERB

▪ come to sb/sth

▪

I don't want any harm to come to these pictures.

PREPOSITION

▪ harm from

▪

babies at risk of serious harm from their parents

▪ harm to

▪

the harm done to the environment

PHRASES

▪ more harm than good

▪

The drugs he was prescribed did him more harm than good.

▪ out of harm's way

▪

The younger children were kept out of harm's way.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ seriously

▪

Misusing drugs in pregnancy can seriously harm your baby.

▪ deliberately

▪ physically

VERB + HARM

▪ intend to, want to

▪

He claimed that he had not intended to harm the girl.

▪ try to

Harm is used with these nouns as the object: ↑economy, ↑environment, ↑health, ↑trade, ↑wildlife