HARMING Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

harming

verb

present participle of harm

as in damaging

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 injuring

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 harming Use baking soda carefully to avoid harming nearby plants or larger shrubs. —

David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 17 May 2026 Still, the fact that the Ontario government recommended AI summary systems with such obvious and potentially patient-harming flaws should give pause to any doctors (or their patients) making use of them. —

ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026 Denise Powell, a political organizer, won the competitive Democratic primary in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, CBS News projected, amid concerns that another leading hopeful in the race risked harming the party in presidential politics. —

Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 May 2026 There is no way to completely prevent wind turbines from ever accidentally harming or killing animals. —

Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 May 2026 In the past year, GUDEA, a behavioral intelligence startup that tracks viral, reputation-harming claims on the internet, flagged two separate bot smear campaigns against Taylor Swift and Chappell Roan. —

Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 12 May 2026 The new Iranian regime in place could be even more radicalized and hellbent on harming the United States, Israel and their allies. —

David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 May 2026 That bargaining can be about building a long-term relationship and finding ways to meet each other’s needs without harming our own constituencies. —

Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026 Kardashian later denied harming the garment in a November 2025 Vanity Fair lie detector video. —

Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026

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Here's how to clean a touchscreen without damaging it.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Be sure your mower has a chute blocker and point the chute towards your own property, not the neighbor’s, to avoid making a mess or damaging their cars.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026