Associations to the word «Persecute»
Noun
- Conscience
- Behalf
- Tiberius
- Evil
- Purge
- Activist
- Brahmin
- Enmity
- Reign
- Imprisonment
- Envy
- Hate
- Sympathy
- Homosexuality
- Synagogue
- Saviour
- Revolution
- Persia
- Hitler
- Tenet
- Baptism
- Heracles
- Solidarity
- Reich
- Jesus
- Croat
- Religious
- Suffering
- Misfortune
- Junta
- Preaching
- Worship
- Vietnamese
- Disciple
- Bolshevik
- Wretch
- Garb
- Peng
- Baptist
- Calamity
- Roma
- Innocent
- Templar
- Enchantment
- Ferocity
- Socialism
- Evangelical
- Opponent
- Islam
- Consolation
- Midwife
- Avail
- Censorship
- Sikh
- Authority
- Anti
- Mughal
Adjective
Wiktionary
PERSECUTE, verb. To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
PERSECUTE, verb. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
Dictionary definition
PERSECUTE, verb. Cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union".
Wise words
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of
understanding; one must use the same words for the same
genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's
experiences in common.