serious harm

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandharm

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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harm
noun[U]
uk
/hɑːm/us
/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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(Definition ofseriousandharmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious harm

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The claim is that nonconsensual pregnancy isseriousharm.
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Without consent, therefore, the effects of a fetus on a woman's body constituteseriousharm.
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It is causingseriousharm.
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Thus, when the fetus imposes thatseriousharm, it situates a woman similarly with other victims of harm.
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As noted earlier, physicians do have a moral obligation to members of the community whenseriousharmcan be prevented.
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Soon after that it doesseriousharm.
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That did not cause anyseriousharm.
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Disturbed patients can causeseriousharm.
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Seriousharmcould result in some cases.
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It is also doing the public aseriousharm.
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We know that there isseriousharmto vulnerable people.
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Seriousharmmay be threatened on every occasion.
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All information should be available unless it causesseriousharm.
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The restriction is therefore confined toseriousharm.
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Exemption on the ground ofseriousharmrepresents some progress.
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What is the difference between harm andseriousharm?
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There may beseriousharmto the unborn child.
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In some cases they could doseriousharm.
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If that were done, far lessseriousharmwould result.
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The use of words "proportionate"and"seriousharm" involves judgment.
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That is the "seriousharm" test, which is important.
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Both of them are doingseriousharmto this country.
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It could doseriousharmto the consumer.
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The criteria are that the offences must be likely to causeseriousharmto public health,seriousharmto the environment or serious public nuisance.
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The parents feel that they cannot care for two young children with transplants withoutseriousharmto the family and to their other two children.
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