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Not injured, wounded or hurt

unharmed

adjective

not hurt or damaged

unhurt

adjective

not injured

unscathed

adjective

not harmed or damaged by something bad that has happened

safe

adjective

not damaged, hurt, or lost

all right

adjective, adverb

not hurt or ill

OK

adjective

not injured, damaged, ill, or upset

in one piece

not badly damaged or injured

(as) right as rain

not ill or injured in any way

safely

adverb

without being damaged, hurt, or lost

scratch

noun

used for emphasizing that someone is not hurt at all or that something is not damaged at all

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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emancipation

the process of giving freedom and rights to someone

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pierce the corporate veil

… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders

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