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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to persecute:   (135 results)

Often used in the same context:
oppress, demonize, imprison, vilify, victimize, harass, brutalize, intimidate, subjugate, punish, denigrate, marginalize, brutalise, crucify, blaspheme, prosecute, dehumanise, despise, mistreat, ostracize, discredit, disparage, belittle, terrorize, exterminate, malign, repress, scandalise, humiliate, besmirch, deport, detain, witch hunt, traduce, antagonize, ostracise, trample, enslave, embarrass, subvert, demonizing, slander, secularize, tyrannize, coopt, maltreat, embitter, lionise, castigate, incarcerate, incriminate, propagandise, tyrannise, criticize, demean, proselytise, disfranchise, politicize, suborn, revile, arrogate, espouse, detest, destroy, deface, disserve, emasculate, vandalize, hate, coerce, estrange, mollycoddle, legitimatize, abominate, discriminate, overawe, expel, smear, disempower, sanctify, defame, relativize, dehumanize, insinuate, demonized, glorify, ingratiate, enfeeble, christianise, offend, badmouth, inculpate, disunite, deprive, betray, annihilate, propagandize, taunt, blackball, manipulate, radicalizes, chastise, chaldeans, egyptians, florentines, galileans, gentiles, infidels, jesuits, lord, magicians, mahometans, men, opposers, repent, trifling, abbe, abbots, accomplices, accusers, adept, affirm

More specific:
haze, purge

Appears in the definition of:
anti-semite, jew-baiter

More general:
bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, tantalize, torment

Synonyms:
harass, oppress

Also try:
— Adjectives for persecute: utmost, wicked, first, impious, powerful, learned, most

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