Harm
Harm verb - To cause bodily damage to.
Retrieve
Retrieve verb - To get again in one's possession.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Prey (UK Miniseries): The man who broke into Farrows home never intended to harm his family, only retrieve the disks that would incriminate Mackenzie in Hassans murder.
Source: Accidental Murder -
It is the only weapon that can harm the Gildergreen, a sacred tree, and it is needed to clear a path to the Gildergreen and retrieve some of its sap.
Source: Sword of Plot Advancement - Grievous Bottley Harm: In "Telling Tales", a householder gets hospitalized when an intruder who has broken in to retrieve some some incriminating evidence smashes him over the head with a bottle.
Source: Series / Vera
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Retrieve and Harm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/harm/retrieve
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