Aid and Hurt

Aid

Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sought to aid her in her search for a dachshund puppy by looking online

Hurt is an antonym for aid in help topic.

Nearby Words: aids, aided, aide, aiding, aider

Hurt

Hurt verb - To feel or cause physical pain.

Aid is an antonym for hurt in topics: injury, cause mental pain, experience pain.

Nearby Words: hurtful, hurting

How words are described

better better aid better hurt
actual actual aid actual hurt
real real aid real hurt
massive massive aid massive hurt
Other adjectives: little.

Common collocations

friend aid friend hurt friend
character aid character hurt character
people aid people hurt people
children aid children hurt children
Other words: family, someone, team, way, characters, cause, anyone, player, enemy, son, humans, sister, friends.

Both words in one sentence

  • When Kara locked herself in a room to avoid the kid, the kid hurt herself and Kara's instincts as a human being overcame her hatred for the Cylons and she came to the kid's aid.
  • Uncanny Valley Girl The fact that she only has one cultist to aid her (her would-be boyfriend) and is a teenager probably doesn't hurt, either.
  • But when one of the children was hurt she surrendered peacefully to get her medical aid.
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