Persecuting

Synonyms for "persecuting" (169 found)

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oppress abuse afflict aggravate aggrieve annoy badger bait be at bedevil befoul beset bewitch blight bother bristle brown off bug bully bullyrag

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burn up chivy condemn corrupt

Verb(10 words)

oppress annoy antagonize beleaguer boil someone's piss botherate chap someone's hide cheese off chevy come after

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Sample sentences

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I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.

Source: tatoeba (2818811)

After more than a century of persecuting Jews as communists and claiming "communists killed Jesus," Christians are now claiming Jesus was a communist who was killed by Jewish capitalists.

Source: tatoeba (8895693)

I know that Tom is persecuting me.

Source: tatoeba (10209167)

Multiple civilizations weren't built on appropriating the culture of white South Africans and persecuting and hounding them for continuing to exist.

Source: tatoeba (10360095)

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