Harm and Precaution

Opposite meaning words

Harm noun - Something that causes loss or pain.

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Precaution is an antonym for harm.

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

Precaution noun - A measure taken to preclude loss or injury.

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Harm is an antonym for precaution in carefulness topic.

Nearby Word: precautionary

good	good harm	good precaution
big	big harm	big precaution
vital	vital harm	vital precaution
general	general harm	general precaution
Other adjectives: possible, unnecessary, extra, maximum.

The concept of Westworld involves giving loaded firearms to ordinary tourists and encouraging them to engage in movie-style gunfights and barroom brawls, with the precaution that the guns won't fire directly at other tourists and the robots won't harm the tourists.

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Although it's later revealed that Meg had no such video, the deputy sheriff had in fact been more brutal than necessary at the gas station and backed off from arresting Harm as a precaution.

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