Meaning & use
Harnessed
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Controlled and made use of natural resources or energy, especially to generate power; fitted an animal with a harness.
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The dam harnesses the river's power to generate electricity.
Farmers harnessed the horses before plowing the field.
A note on using this word
"Harnessed" is frequently used in discussions of renewable energy, as in "harnessing solar power" or "harnessing wind energy."
Words with a similar meaning
utilizedexploited
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Words with an opposite meaning
wastedreleased
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