Harm and Wreck

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

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

Wreck

Wreck verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: most of the furniture on the ground floor was wrecked by the floodwaters

Harm is a synonym for wreck in ruin topic. Sometimes you can use "Harm" instead a verb "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

How words are described

emotional emotional harm emotional wreck
physical physical harm physical wreck
actual actual harm actual wreck
massive massive harm massive wreck
Other adjectives: serious, bad, mental, psychological, broken.

Common collocations

people harm people wreck people
family harm family wreck family
reputation harm reputation wreck reputation
someone harm someone wreck someone
Other words: career, way, ship, anyone, city, player.

Both words in one sentence

  • Webcomic / Misfile When Cassiel comes calling and he's the only one home, he threatens to wreck Satan to get to her if she brings any harm to Rumisiel or Ash.
  • Film / Unbreakable Although he sustained no serious harm from the train wreck, it did knock him out for a while, probably at least a few hours, since he woke up in the hospital.
  • Western Animation / Shaun the Sheep They also wreck everything without a care, and when Shaun tries to stop them they turn on him with clear intent of physical harm.
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