The medical idea of (grievous) bodily harm is more specific than legal ideas of assault or violence in general, and distinct from property damage. Grievous bodily harm or GBH is a type of assault resulting in, for example, broken bones or cuts to the skin. ... Violence is a general term to describe actions, usually deliberate, that cause or intend to cause injury to people or animals. ... Property damage is damage or destruction done to public or private property, caused either by a person who is not its owner or by natural phenomena. ...

It refers to lasting harm done to the body, human or otherwise, although in its legal sense it is exclusively defined as lasting harm done to living human beings. It deliberately does not admit social, ideological, or psychological concepts of violence, but admits forms of property damage that a reasonable person would consider likely to cause lasting bodily harm; e.g., turning off a pacemaker or respirator, or ejecting someone into a cold wilderness in winter with no other source of shelter. With regard to living things, a body is the integral physical material of an individual, and contrasts with soul, personality and behavior. ... Violence is a general term to describe actions, usually deliberate, that cause or intend to cause injury to people or animals. ... A pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the hearts natural pacemaker) is a medical device designed to regulate the beating of the heart. ...

Police actions are usually defined as those motivated by reducing bodily harm to "innocent" victims, even if violence or property damage is required to do so. The definition of "innocent" is of course dependent on an ideology or due process of law. In general, police also seek to reduce bodily harm done to suspects as well, although this is a lesser concern, much less in some societies. Violence is a general term to describe actions, usually deliberate, that cause or intend to cause injury to people or animals. ... An ideology is a collection of ideas. ... Due process of law is a legal concept that ensures the government will respect all of a persons legal rights instead of just some or most of those legal rights, when the government deprives a person of life, liberty, or property. ...

Doing bodily harm outside the legal process of a given society is usually considered crime, war, or "terrorism", a 20th century term describing various styles of guerilla and asymmetric warfare. In general, public opinion in the developed world does not support definitions of "war" or "terrorism" that do not refer directly to doing of bodily harm. WAR is a TLA that could refer to: Warrenton Railroad (AAR reporting mark WAR) Web Application Archive WAR, a Japanese professional wrestling promotion See also: War This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... Terrorism is a controversial and subjective term with multiple definitions. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the... Guerrilla (also called a partisan) is a term borrowed from Spanish (from guerra meaning war) used to describe small combat groups. ... Asymmetric warfare is a military term to describe warfare in which the two belligerents are mismatched in their military capabilities or accustomed methods of engagement such that the militarily disadvantaged power must press its special advantages or effectively exploit its enemys particular weaknesses if they are to have any...

Systematically reducing, channelling, or eliminating deliberate bodily harm from human public relationships is a major focus of political science. Niccolò Machiavelli, ca 1500, became the key figure in realistic political theory, crucial to political science Political Science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ...

Reduction of accidental bodily harm is a function of engineering that rises to special prominence in safety engineering and biomedical engineering. Engineering is the application of science to the needs of humanity. ... Safety engineering is an applied science strongly related to systems engineering. ... Biomedical engineering is a discipline concerned with the development and manufacture of prostheses, medical devices, diagnostic devices, drugs and other therapies. ...