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   harry

   /ˈhari/

   verb

   • 1. persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory): "the raiders then spent three months harrying and burning the area" Similar attackassailassaultmaraudravagedevastatewreak havoc onplunderrobsackransackraidpillagelay waste toliterary:despoilrare:depredatereavespoliate
   • ▪ persistently harass: "the government is being mercilessly harried by a new lobby" Similar harasshoundpressurizebring pressure to bear onput pressure onlean onkeep on atgo on atchivvybedeviltormentpesterbotherdisturbworryannoybadgernagplaguepersecutemolestinformal:hasslebuggive someone a hard timedrive someone round the benddrive someone up the wallbe in someone's hairget on someone's backbreathe down someone's neckdrive someone round the twistOpposite leave in peace

   Word Origin Old Englishherian, hergian, of Germanic origin, probably influenced by Old French harier, in the same sense.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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