HARM'S WAY Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

harm's way

noun

Definition of harm's way

as in risk

the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil got everyone out of harm's way just minutes before the house was ripped apart by the tornado

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Recent Examples of harm's way That’s evident in NOAA's hurricane messaging, when forecasts warn those in harm's way to pay less attention to the category and more attention to the potential impacts of each particular storm. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026 Jones picked up the person to get them out of harm's way and brought them to the parking lot, off I-635 and Midway Road. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 The council recommends shifting some flood insurance policies to private insurance companies, and moving faster to map flood risk accurately across the country, so that fewer homes are in harm's way. — Lauren Sommer, NPR, 7 May 2026 Israel says the warnings aim to keep civilians out of harm's way. — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for harm's way

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Noun

Handles up improves safety and hygiene during unloading, avoiding contact with eating surfaces and reducing injury risk.

— Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026
Another is the contagion risk posed by having an unvaccinated child in a waiting room alongside infants and kids with immunodeficiencies.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of risk

Noun

Nate Thomas now is in serious jeopardy of not making the team along with fourth-round rookie Drew Shelton, although Shelton will have the benefit of the team rarely parting ways with rookies drafted in the top four rounds.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026
If the purchase of the Pierre were to go through, Lutnick could get as much as $100 million for the penthouse, even as his neighbors were forced to sell and hundreds of hotel staffers’ jobs were put in jeopardy.

— Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of jeopardy

Noun

The trouble was a bacterial abscess on the child’s neck, swollen, red, warm to the touch, about the size of a ping-pong ball, large enough to force the head into a tilt.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
At least five people died and dozens more were feared dead after a boat carrying West African migrants ran into trouble in the Atlantic Ocean.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

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