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An incident in which the primary objective is to disrupt the activities of a unit, installation, or ship, rather than to inflict serious casualties or damage. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
harassment noun hassle, trouble, bother, grief (informal), torment, irritation, persecution (informal), nuisance, badgering, annoyance, pestering, aggravation (informal), molestation, vexation, bedevilment 51 percent of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment. Translations harassment [ˈhærəsmənt həˈræsmənt] n → harcèlement m police harassment → harcèlement m policier media harassment → harcèlement m médiatique sexual harassment, racial harassment harassment n (= act) → Belästigung f, → Bedrängung f; (= messing around) → Schikanierung f; (= state) → Bedrängnis f; (Mil) → Kleinkrieg m; constant harassment of the enemy → ständiger Kleinkrieg gegen den Feind; police harassment → Schikane f → vonseiten or von Seiten der Polizei; racial harassment → rassistisch motivierte Schikanierung; sexual harassment → sexuelle Belästigung harassment [ˈhærəsmənt] n (action) → persecuzione f; (less severe) → molestia; (feeling) → insofferenza harassment [ˈhærəsmənt] n (action) → persecuzione f; (less severe) → molestia; (feeling) → insofferenza How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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They would see her agitation; and the dairyman, thinking the cause to be love alone, would good-naturedly tease her; and that harassment could not be borne. Without him, travel is a bitter harassment, a purgatory of little exasperating annoyances, a ceaseless and pitiless punishment--I mean to an irascible man who has no business capacity and is confused by details. Russell Square was the boundary of her prison: she might walk thither occasionally, but was always back to sleep in her cell at night; to perform cheerless duties; to watch by thankless sick-beds; to suffer the harassment and tyranny of querulous disappointed old age. |
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