Harm and Tarnish

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Harm

Harm verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

Usage example: the company's reputation has been harmed by allegations of crooked accounting

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Tarnish is a synonym for harm in better topic. In some cases you can use "Tarnish" instead a verb "Harm", when it comes to topics like injure, damage.

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

Tarnish

Tarnish verb - To affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable.

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Harm is a synonym for tarnish in better topic. You can use "Harm" instead a verb "Tarnish", if it concerns topics such as dirty, sully.

Nearby Words: tarnished, tarnishing

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How words are described

serious	serious harm	serious tarnish
extra	extra harm	extra tarnish

Common collocations

reputation	harm reputation	tarnish reputation
career	harm career	tarnish career
heroes	harm heroes	tarnish heroes

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