Guard
Guard noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.
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
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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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."
Source: "Join the Army," They Said -
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.
Source: Military Moonshiner - 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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