harmed 1 of 2

adjective

as in hurt

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harmed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of harm
1
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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2
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
Verb
The settlement would resolve a multistate lawsuit that alleged Meta designed and deployed addictive features that harmed young people and misled the public about the potential dangers. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 No one was harmed as the Brewers celebrated Black culture for one night during a 162-game regular season. — D.l. Davis, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2026 In California, lawmakers are considering a package of bills restricting addictive features for kids and allowing families to sue tech companies if kids are harmed. — Shannon Bond, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026 Internal documents show Meta officials knew that Instagram harmed teen girls and chose not to disclose it. — Diane Brady, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 In settling, Meta reversed its previously combative approach to lawsuits alleging its products harmed children, Gadinis said. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026 Newsom’s proposal called for preventing compensation for people who were not present or harmed in a fire’s perimeter and also placing limits on others who feared for their safety. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Public rallies, sympathetic profiles, and fundraising have contributed to a narrative in which Clancy is portrayed as the person most harmed by her children’s deaths. — Laurie Myers, Boston Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 Meta agreed to pay about $18 billion to settle lawsuits from states claiming that its platforms harmed young users. — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harmed
  1. hurt
  2. damaged
  3. injured
  4. broken
  5. wounded
  6. marred
  7. impaired
  8. compromised
Adjective
  • Rivera, baseball’s career leader in saves, underwent surgery after getting hurt playing center field last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • New York Yankees / Getty Images Rivera, baseball's career leader in saves, underwent surgery after getting hurt playing center field last year.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the floods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction.
    — Victoria Milko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The Don Curry Nature Trail — named for the Troop 326 scoutmaster and Fort Worth attorney — replaced an older trail that had been damaged by erosion.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • But then disaster struck in 2022, when Flintoff was badly injured in a crash at the Dunsfold Park Aerodrome in Surrey, England.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Carter faces attempted murder charges in which the two deputies and the PG&E worker are listed as victims injured in the shooting, according to the criminal complaint filed by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of injured
Adjective
  • Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of broken
Verb
  • The Pentagon also lists more than 400 troops as wounded in action during Operation Epic Fury.
    — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The attacks killed one person and wounded two others, according to officials.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • However, the approach is marred by low throughput, and the process is also quite complex to execute.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But his tenure has been marred by a number of fatal shootings of immigrants in encounters with ICE officers.
    — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of marred
Adjective
  • Police said there was no indication the driver involved in the collision was impaired.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Anna Mahoney said impaired drivers put others on the road at risk.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of impaired
Verb
  • Inconsistent performance and a rash of injuries, however, have compromised his production and value ever since.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The statement said the men were members of TeamPCP, which by the authorities’ count, compromised more than 1,000 organizations worldwide.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of compromised

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