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noun

Definition of harryingnext
as in harassment
the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another to be spared from the relentless harrying of telemarketers, she stopped answering the phone

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verb

present participle of harry
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as in marauding

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as in harassing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harrying
  1. harassing
  2. disturbance
  3. berating
  4. sacking
  5. attacking
  6. destroying
  7. obliterating
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  • Sources have told Fox News Digital that the LGBTQ activists at the event were harassing the protesters on the other side, and even disrupted a women's prayer group during a prayer circle prior to the meeting.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Two months earlier, Hawkins had been charged with harassing a woman and throwing bleach on her, but had been released without bail, the New York Daily News reports.
    KC Baker, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of harassing
Noun
  • The disturbance in the Polar Vortex aloft will establish extreme cold conditions.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Public intoxication: At 3:01 p.m., deputies responded to a disturbance call at the Cinnabar Winery on Big Basin Way.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of disturbance
Verb
  • In the clip, filmed before Christina and Josh's July 2024 split, the exes have a mostly one-sided conversation that ends with Josh, 44, berating his wife.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • During a tense car ride filmed before their July 2024 split, the exes have a mostly one-sided conversation that ends with Josh, 44, berating his now-estranged wife.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of berating
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  • Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Dallas sacking Washington’s quarterbacks six times — Daniels four times — on Sunday upped the Commanders’ allowed sacks total to 22 over the last five games.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of sacking
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  • The inmate accused of fatally attacking prison guard Andrew Lansing on Christmas Day was issued a misconduct report in April for making threats, according to Lansing's brother and the prison guard union.
    Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The two attacking players could only be registered once a unique loophole opened up via long-term injuries to center backs Andreas Christensen and Ronald Araujo was exploited by the Catalans.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of attacking
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  • The most pressing problem concerns European Union rules on carbon dioxide emissions, with bottom-line-destroying fines for the bigger failures.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • As a series of explosions could be heard destroying the structure's support pillars, causing the old hotel to fall inward, the crowd of onlookers are heard in the video erupting in cheers.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of destroying
Verb
  • This new chip enables the glasses to handle essential processing independently, obliterating latency as an issue, which is a really big deal.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • When invasive species start obliterating a habitat, humans in the area often seek to eradicate the invader.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of obliterating
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