harm
noun
physical injury or mental damage; hurt.
Example Sentences
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“I went from having a suicidal, depressed, self-harming son who didn’t see himself in the future at all, to having a happy, healthy daughter who smiles and talks at the dinner table,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Nonetheless, many experts emphasized that the proper use of the right medications can be essential in helping to stabilize an adolescent who is clinically anxious, depressed, self-harming, suicidal or inattentive.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2022
Self-confidence can sometimes slip into self-harming arrogance and perhaps more depends on the personality of the captain than we realise.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2022
Mr Lock stated there had been "no known history of either the mother or the father intentionally causing physical harm to the children, or any self-harming episodes by the parents themselves".
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2014
Such jealousy, if unfounded, may be of the "self-harming" kind of which one of Shakspere's characters exclaims "Fie! beat it hence!"
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
