Harmless and Overcome

Harmless

Harmless adjective - Not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt.

Overcome and harmless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overcome" instead an adjective "Harmless".

Nearby Words: harm, harmful, harmlessly

Overcome

Overcome verb - To achieve a victory over.

Harmless and overcome are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Harmless" instead an adjective "Overcome".

Nearby Word: overcoming

Both words in one sentence

  • Hourman's Super Serum used to be completely beneficial and harmless, in stark contrast to how it would later be portrayed (addictive and dangerous, with Hourman taking years to overcome it and create a non-harmful version).
  • Point Defenseless While the Neuroi in Strike Witches had defense arsenals after the manner of Real Life aircraft (with Energy Weapons, no less), they could seldom overcome the heroines' dodge-fu, and the stuff that did hit was harmless (except when dramatically appropriate).
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