grievous bodily harm

Meanings

noungrievous bodily harm (usually uncountable, plural grievous bodily harms)

plural grievous bodily harms · alternative abbreviation GBH

UKuncountableusuallystrictlylawSerious physical injury to a person.
UKbroadlyuncountableusuallylawThe criminal offence of causing grievous bodily harm.

nounstreet names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

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Broader

gamma hydroxybutyrateGHB

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