Guarding
Hurt
Hurt verb - To feel or cause physical pain.
Both words in one sentence
- In Dragon Ball Z, its stated a few times that if someone isn't focusing on guarding an attack, that attack will be able to hurt them even if it is much weaker.
Source: Alleged Power Limits - Even though it still triggers if guarding, you can still make it hurt REALLY badly using the Trident Tusk's C6 attack (Zhu Rong's Boomerang weapon) and watch enemy HP get ripped to shreds if they guard the combo.
Source: Game Breaker / Dynasty Warriors
Cite this Source
Hurt and Guarding. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/guarding/hurt
Guarding & Hurt. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/guarding/hurt>.
Hurt or Guarding. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/guarding/hurt.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "guarding" and "hurt" have occurred on timeline