Harry
Harry verb - Make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes.
Nearby Word: harried
Rake
Rake verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.
Both words in one sentence
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Memories of Ice (book three): Anomander Rake veers into draconean form to harry a horde of humans, which should be a trivial task.
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The grocery list of one Harry Dresden, as found in his friend Billy's first draft of an RPG rulebook, included (in addition to Coke, an enormous amount of dog food, and Cheerios) paraffin, mothballs, a shower curtain, a rake, and a lawn gnome.
Source: Noodle Implements
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