harmful

  • 1harmful — harm·ful adj: of a kind likely to cause harm harm·ful·ly adv harm·ful·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. harmful …

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  • 2Harmful — live im M …

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  • 3Harmful — Harm ful (h[aum]rm f[.u]l), a. Full of harm; injurious; hurtful; mischievous. Most harmful hazards. Strype. {Harm ful*ly}, adv. {Harm ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4harmful — mid 14c., from HARM (Cf. harm) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Related: Harmfully …

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  • 5harmful — [adj] injurious, hurtful adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, calamitous, cataclysmic, catastrophic, consumptive, corroding, corrupting, crippling, damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, dire, disadvantageous, disastrous, evil, harassing,… …

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  • 6harmful — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ causing or likely to cause harm. DERIVATIVES harmfully adverb harmfulness noun …

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  • 7harmful — [härm′fəl] adj. causing or able to cause harm; hurtful harmfully adv. harmfulness n …

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  • 8harmful */ — UK [ˈhɑː(r)mf(ə)l] / US [ˈhɑrmfəl] adjective Get it right: harmful: The usual preposition to use with harmful is to (not for ): Wrong: Smoking is harmful for smokers and non smokers. Right: Smoking is harmful to smokers and non smokers. Wrong:… …

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  • 9harmful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ The spraying could prove harmful to humans. ▪ become ▪ consider sth ▪ She actually considered fresh air harmful …

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  • 10harmful — adj. 1) harmful to (harmful to one s health) 2) harmful to + inf. (it s harmful to smoke) * * * [ hɑːmf(ə)l] harmful to + inf. (it s harmful to smoke) harmful to (harmful to one s health) …

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