Guard and Scourge

Guard

Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

Scourge is an antonym for guard.

Scourge

Scourge noun - A source of harm or misfortune.
Usage example: the sheer ubiquity of food is proving to be the scourge of humanity, as evidenced by the obesity epidemic

Guard is an antonym for scourge in beat topic.

Nearby Words: scourged, scourging

How words are described

fellow fellow guard fellow scourge
regular regular guard regular scourge
alien alien guard alien scourge
original original guard original scourge
Other adjectives: actual, entire, big, unfortunate, personal, new, former, remaining, giant.

Both words in one sentence

  • "Join the Army," They Said In Sandy Mitchell's Warhammer 40,000 novel Scourge The Heretic, two new Imperial Guardsmen are introduced on guard and grumbling, "Join the Guard and see the galaxy."
  • Military Moonshiner In Sandy Mitchell's Warhammer 40,000 novel Scourge the Heretic, when Kyrlock and Drake are standing guard at the beginning, Kyrlock produces drink distilled by one of the tank drivers.
  • In Sandy Mitchell's Warhammer 40,000 Scourge the Heretic, when they are infiltrating a smuggling operation, Kyrlock claims to have deserted the Imperial Guard and need to escape.
    Source: Fake Defector
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