Thesaurus: harry

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1. v. t. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
2. v. t. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.
3. v. i. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
4. v. annoy continually or chronically
5. v. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
6. 1. To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land. To harry this beautiful region. W. Irving. A red squirrel had harried the nest of a wood thrush. J. Burroughs. 2. To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass. Shak. Syn. -- To ravage; plunder; pillage; lay waste; vex; tease; worry; annoy; harass. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.
7. To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste. [Obs.]Beau. & Fl.
8. v:100 v. make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes