harmful impact

collocation in English

meaningsofharmfulandimpact

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harmful
adjective
uk
/ˈhɑːm.fəl/us
/ˈhɑːrm.fəl/
causing ...
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impact
noun[C usually singular, U]
uk
/ˈɪm.pækt/us
/ˈɪm.pækt/
the force or action of one object ...
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(Definition ofharmfulandimpactfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofharmful impact

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Because tourism can also have aharmfulimpacton the environment, there needs to be a strategy for damage limitation.
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However, it is also possible to make aharmfulimpacton the enviroment.
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That will have a veryharmfulimpacton the greenhouse effect.
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The petitioners were people concerned, often directly, about theharmfulimpactof silicone implants for their health.
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Clauses 26 to 30 have had to be introduced to give the parishes powers to offset theharmfulimpactof bus deregulation.
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Globally, the rise in food prices is having a particularlyharmfulimpacton countries where agricultural produce and food account for a significant proportion of imports.
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However, a situation must be avoided in which direct investment in commodities has aharmfulimpacton price volatility because of its massive scale or its purely speculative nature.
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However, some residents in these and other towns are concerned that the growth in the tourism industry might have harmful impacts on the community.
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To some this indicates that it may be easier to devote resources to minimizing the harmful impacts of structural violence.
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Reducing harmful impacts from the built environment is a complex undertaking and would have to be done in targeted measurable steps to prove feasible.
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The legal petition is supported by over one million citizen petition signatures, targets the pesticide for its harmful impacts on honey bees.
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Spring and autumn frosts also have their harmful impacts.
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