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Definition of self-harm verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

self-harm

verb
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːm/
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːrm/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they self-harm
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːm/
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːrm/
he / she / it self-harms
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːmz/
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːrmz/
past simple self-harmed
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːmd/
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːrmd/
past participle self-harmed
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːmd/
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːrmd/
-ing form self-harming
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːmɪŋ/
 
/ˌself ˈhɑːrmɪŋ/
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  1. to deliberately injure yourself, for example by cutting yourself, as a way to express or try to deal with feeling very unhappy or worried
    • As a teenager I was self-harming regularly.

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