harmer
One who wounds
A harmer is someone or something that causes harm—injury, damage, or hurt.
The word is straightforward but uncommon, since English usually prefers constructions like the one who harmed or simply names the specific type of harm-doer: attacker, abuser, vandal.
The law seeks to protect children from potential harmers.
One who attacks another
- abuserOne who mistreats others
- attackerOne who strikes first
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
- offenderOne who breaks rules
bully · perpetrator · tormentor · brutalizer · batterer · mugger · torturer · oppressor
Source of potential harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- perilSerious threat of harm
- riskPossibility of harm
intimidator · terrorizer · antagonist · enemy · adversary · nemesis · scourge · bane
Physical or psychological harm
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- hurtCause or feel pain
- painBodily or emotional distress
suffering · destruction · devastation · impairment · affliction · detriment · abuse · violence
assailant
One who attacks another
offender · bully · perpetrator · tormentor · brutalizer · batterer · mugger · torturer · oppressor · tyrant
menace
Source of potential harm
risk · intimidator · terrorizer · antagonist · enemy · adversary · nemesis · scourge · bane · troublemaker
injury
Physical or psychological harm
pain · suffering · destruction · devastation · impairment · affliction · detriment · abuse · violence · cruelty
instrument
Device for specific tasks
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- bludgeonHeavy blunt weapon
- projectileLaunched airborne object
toxin · poison · implement · tool · device · agent · means · mechanism
- no harm doneReassurance after a mishap
- out of harm's wayIn a secure position
- wouldn't harm a flyExtremely gentle, nonviolent
- do more harm than goodNegative net effect
- do no harmAvoid causing injury
- harm's wayPosition of potential injury
harm, harmful, harmless, harmed, harming, harmlessly, harmfully, harmlessness, harmfulness