real harm

collocation in English

meaningsofrealandharm

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real
adjective
uk
/rɪəl/us
/ˈriː.əl/
existing in fact and ...
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harm
noun[U]
uk
/hɑːm/us
/hɑːrm/
physical or other injury ...
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(Definition ofrealandharmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreal harm

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This does veryrealharm.
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Where is therealharm?
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That is what does therealharm.
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Whatrealharmare these boats doing?
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We can conceivably dorealharm; we do not know.
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If it failed, norealharmwould have been done.
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Is anyrealharmdone if we follow that?
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Water will not do it anyrealharm.
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Norealharmcan come from giving that discretion.
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He would not be doing anyrealharm.
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There is no likelihood of anyrealharmbeing done.
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The present difficulties are causingrealharmto those producers.
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In this case, we might say that your right has been violated even though norealharmor loss has come to you as a result.
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Leave the problem as it is, they seemed to say, norealharmis being done.
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But therealharmof this is the damage that it does to confidence.
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That might workrealharmunless there was some provision of ibis kind.
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In that case, would there be anyrealharmin abolishing the limit?
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There was then a very steep decline, which shows that veryrealharmwas caused.
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The necessary money could be obtained withoutrealharmto any section of the community.
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I wish to suggest that there is norealharmin that.
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Therealharmwould be done if we did nothing to stop that happening.
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Is there anyrealharmin people buying more soap if they really need it?
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There can be very littlerealharmin introducing what is a permissive measure.
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That distinction must be carefully preserved unless we are to dorealharm.
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The difference between dysfunctions that can be classified as disorders and dysfunctions that cannot be classified as disorders thus lies in whether the dysfunction causesrealharmto the person.
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