physical harm
collocation in Englishmeaningsofphysicalandharm
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physical
adjective
uk/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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harm
noun[U]
uk/hɑːm/us/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandharmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Next, consider the need for protecting oneself fromphysicalharm.
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The suffering which creatures undergo in our world is not onlyphysicalharmto themselves.
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My child knows someone who has been threatened with seriousphysicalharm.
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The subject may resist, creating a risk ofphysicalharmto the enforcer.
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These findings indicate that the timing of maltreatment is a salient factor in examining the developmental effects ofphysicalharm.
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Determining which variables can be predictive of laterphysicalharmis essential, so that proper prevention efforts can be implemented.
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They inflict unspeakable psychological andphysicalharm.
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What moral orphysicalharmhas come to them?
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Maternal report ofphysicalharmhas many advantages as well as disadvantages over other procedures typically used, such as identification by social service agencies.
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In both communities at both ages material gain was the second most frequent subcategory andphysicalharmwas the third most frequent subcategory.
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One other form of aggression involving greater regulation and restraint was examined, namely, postural aggression or threatening gestures that stop short of actualphysicalharm.
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Initially this harm was defined as moral, then it focused onphysicalharmas well, and ultimately concentrated more exclusively on psychological harm.
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Because the base figures for this analysis are small, especially for the themes pertaining tophysicalharm, this analysis is regarded as preliminary.
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Moreover, the current authors treated time as a static variable and delineated discrete time periods forphysicalharmas reported by parents.
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There are already laws in place to coverphysicalharmto a child.
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I am saying that this will do the children nophysicalharm.
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It may well do themphysicalharmas well; accidents have been caused to children.
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Shown is the meanphysicalharm.
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Physicalharmis done to members of the minority group.
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In fact, she used to cause himphysicalharm.
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He also wrote that it has done genuinephysicalharm.
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Nophysicalharmcan come to him in this form.
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The parents dare not leave the children in case somephysicalharmcomes to the younger children.
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