Harm and Touch

Harm

Harm verb - To cause bodily damage to.

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

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

Touch verb - To come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin.

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Harm and touch are semantically related in meddle with topic. Sometimes you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Touch".

Nearby Words: touched, touchy, touching, toucher, touchable

mortal	mortal harm	mortal touch
good	good harm	good touch
physical	physical harm	physical touch
nice	nice harm	nice touch
Other adjectives: direct, great, little, personal, least, slightest, extra, magical.

person	harm person	touch person
woman	harm woman	touch woman
people	harm people	touch people
someone	harm someone	touch someone
Other words: way, hair, target, anyone, enemy, son, daughter.

If you so much as touch or harm Stefan in any way, she will kick your ass big time.

Source: Literature / The Vampire Diaries
This explains how they can harm Mario without any apparent attack besides just appearing to touch him.

Source: WMG / Super Mario Bros.
Not that the rules have to make sense: Equinox Road gives an example of a realm where you can walk on fire and swim in lava without harm, but if you touch an icicle, it instantly freezes you.

Source: Tabletop Game / Changeling: The Lost

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Touch and Harm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/harm/touch

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Touch or Harm. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/harm/touch.

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