Analysis Complete

persecute

/ persecute /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
cause to suffer
"Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union"
Type of:
torment rag bedevil
Kinds of:
purge
Derived:
oppressor persecution tormentor tormenter persecutor
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
13%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
9
Times Searched
15
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torment rag bedevil purge