assist vs scathe

assist

verb
  • To help compensate for what is missing with the help of a medical technique or therapy. 

  • To help. 

  • To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring. 

noun
  • A decisive pass made to the goal scorer 

  • A helpful action or an act of giving. 

  • A defensive play, allowing a teammate to record a putout. 

scathe

verb
  • To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc. 

  • To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither. 

How often have the words assist and scathe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )