lasting harm

collocation in English

meaningsoflastingandharm

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lasting
adjective
uk
/ˈlɑː.stɪŋ/us
/ˈlæs.tɪŋ/
continuing to exist for a long time or ...
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harm
noun[U]
uk
/hɑːm/us
/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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(Definition oflastingandharmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has donelastingharmto more people than will ever be identified.
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That is to say, he was not trying to make trouble andlastingharm.
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There is at present no evidence oflastingharmto other marine life.
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Let us hope that nolastingharmwill be done before wiser counsels prevail.
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It did not dolastingharmto his career, however.
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The panic nature of the unilateral decisions made about them has done grave andlastingharmto the nation's honour.
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It is any experimental or scientific procedure which may cause the animal pain, distress orlastingharm.
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If they proceed with very great caution and with due circumspection, nolastingharmwill be done.
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In my view, great andlastingharmis being done to the profession and to the newspaper reading public.
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An increase of that nature is totally unacceptable and will dolastingharmby creating a reaction between the old and the new.
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We will permit re-use only if the animal has not suffered severe orlastingharmand is in a good state of general health.
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It underestimates the risk of doinglastingharmto the pace and momentum of the exploration and development which we so badly need.
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It regulates any experimental or other scientific procedure applied to a "protected animal" that may have the effect of causing that animal pain, suffering, distress orlastingharm.
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No teachers sufferedlastingharmand the school's 81 year-old receptionist was the only person hospitalized overnight.
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On cornering the mole, he flies into a rage and attacks him, but calms down before doing anylastingharm.
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I was very much in favour of that power because it seemed to me that nolastingharmcould be done by removing what one policeman thought was indecent material.
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In one report, an independent investigation of the child's blood was said to have found substantial chromosomal damage but subsequent reports reported nolastingharm.
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It also includes modifying the genes of a protected animal if this causes the animal pain, suffering, distress, orlastingharm.
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Consequences as a form of punishment are not recommended, but natural consequences are considered to be possibly worthwhile learning experiences provided there is no risk oflastingharm.
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