Harm
Harm verb - To cause bodily damage to.
Poison
Poison verb - To lower in character, dignity, or quality.
Usage example: this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem
Harm and poison are semantically related in contaminate topic. Sometimes you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Poison".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| physical | physical harm | physical poison |
| certain | certain harm | certain poison |
| actual | actual harm | actual poison |
| real | real harm | real poison |
| Other adjectives: falling, fatal, lethal, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Admittedly not the same type of poison mushroom as elsewhere, but given that you may need some EVE, players may intentionally harm themselves on one or the other to get a quick boost.
Source: Poison Mushroom -
Mariah actually brings up other logical weaknesses that ought to harm Luke, such as poison and drowning, but no one ever tries anything other than shooting at Luke.
- Since Golden Dust doesn't actually harm a user, it will pass common poison detection spells.
Source: Literature / Xenos
Cite this Source
Poison and Harm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/harm/poison
Harm & Poison. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/harm/poison>.
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