Harassment and Offensive

Harassment

Harassment noun - The act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another.

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Offensive and harassment are semantically related in attack topic. In some cases you can use "Offensive" instead a noun "Harassment".

Nearby Words: harass, harassed, harassing

Offensive noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.

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Harassment and offensive are semantically related in attack topic. Sometimes you can use "Harassment" instead a noun "Offensive".

Nearby Words: offend, offence, offensively

violent	violent harassment	violent offensive
little	little harassment	little offensive
general	general harassment	general offensive
political	political harassment	political offensive
Other adjectives: outright, worst.

Another take from the Media Watchdogs is that males have a lot more real estate that would not be offensive to grab, leaving few positions for women that would not be reminiscent of sexual harassment.

Source: Standard Female Grab Area
These pre-offensive bombardments gave a name to a condition which had already become apparent among the troops when (after the 'Christmas Truce' of 1914) 'Trench Raids', constant sniping, and sporadic artillery 'harassment' bombardments became commonplace.

Source: Shell-Shocked Veteran

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