The phrase "ability to cause harm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing potential dangers, risks, or negative impacts of actions, behaviors, or substances.
Example: "The ability to cause harm is a critical factor to consider when evaluating the safety of new chemicals."
Alternatives: "capacity to inflict damage" or "potential to cause injury".
We all have the ability to cause harm to each other; tangible and abstract, visible and invisible.
By definition, to be toxic is to have the ability to cause harm, and it's a term we often ascribe to human behaviour.
Still, Russia's ability to cause harm to itself and to others in the cause of proving its greatness should never be underestimated.
First, laying out the life cycle of a cyberweapon, I argue that these offensive capabilities are both different in 'degree' and in 'kind' compared with other regarding their temporary ability to cause harm or damage.
The term "toxic" is meant to convey both a person's ability to cause harm and their propensity to infect others with their bad attitude, said Minor, who is here from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern.
Bin Laden is dead, al-Qaida's ability to cause harm greatly reduced, and the local dynamics that now characterise the impossibly fragmented world of contemporary extremism make militant groups resilient but render complex 9/11-type attacks almost impossible to organise.
Nigerien officials and other analysts said the attacks showed the continued ability of jihadist groups to cause harm in the Sahel region of West Africa, despite the French intervention in Mali.
On one occasion, an article actually gave information about where I was staying in Pakistan which was a clear intent to cause me harm or signal the ability to cause me harm.
That knowledge could increase researchers' ability to monitor coastal areas, and quickly close them before an algal bloom begins to cause harm.
A scratch Leicester side, with Ranieri making 10 changes from the defeat to Swansea, was surprisingly cohesive and looked like it had enough ability to cause Millwall harm.
"However, such potential comes hand in hand with the ability to cause great harm, such as in the case of the wild incitement displayed on the above-mentioned page".
