Harm and Punish

Harm

Harm verb - To cause bodily damage to.

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Synonyms for Harm

Antonyms for Harm

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

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

Punish

Punish verb - To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime.

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Synonyms for Punish

Antonyms for Punish

Harm and punish are semantically related in mistreat topic. Sometimes you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Punish", if it concerns topics such as penalize for wrongdoing.

Nearby Words: punishment, punishing, punitive, punishable

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Common collocations

person	harm person	punish person
friend	harm friend	punish friend
humanity	harm humanity	punish humanity
woman	harm woman	punish woman
Other words: people, children, family, someone, child, anyone, player, son, daughter, humans, players, enemies, students.

Both words in one sentence

In the first nanobot episode, they had been programmed to protect Jimmy from harm and punish whoever harmed him.

Source: Logic Bomb
She instructs the grieving Doctor not to punish/harm Ashildr or anyone else for this, meaning he can't enjoy the cruel satisfaction of settling the score — not to mention he has to accept being teleported away at the end.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S 35 E 10 Face The Raven
For one thing, he seeks to punish people who actually deserve to go to Hell, not harm the innocent.

Source: Bad Powers, Good People