Affect and Harm

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Harm and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Affect".

Harm verb - To cause bodily damage to.

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Affect and harm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Harm".

Nearby Words: harmful, harmed, harmless, harmfully, harming

person	affect person	harm person
character	affect character	harm character
people	affect people	harm people
children	affect children	harm children
Other words: someone, way, characters, target, anyone, city, player, humans, enemies, creatures, zombies, animals.

Worst, only the designated victim can harm it; all other party members are powerless to affect an Aleax.

Source: Mirror Match
It'll affect blocks and break wooden cutouts and crates, but rolling into an enemy will only cause harm to yourself.

Source: Video Game / Super Mario 3D Land
In the comics this power often rationalizes why Magneto can resist virtually any form of harm as well as affect things that should not be noticeably affected by magnetism otherwise.

Source: Selective Magnetism

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