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"harm" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often detriment (9 letters).
Definitions
cause or do harm to
Word origin
From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”).
Used in a sentence
“No harm came to my possessions.”
“You can do a lot of harm to someone if you kick them in the teeth.”
“Although not physically injured in the car accident, she received some psychological harm.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Cause injury to”4 letters
02“Damage or injury”4 letters
03“Hurt or damage”4 letters
04“Injury or damage”4 letters
05“Physical injury or damage”4 letters
06“Damage”4 letters
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