To-night ye will see. It is the great witch-hunt, and many will be smelt out as wizards and slain.
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Witch-hunt
//ˈwɪtʃhʌnt//
Synonyms for "witch-hunt" (13 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُطَارَدَةُ السَّاحِرَاتِ noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Armenian
2 entries- վհուկների որս noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- վհուկների որս noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Belarusian
1 entries- палява́нне на ве́дзьмаў noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лов на вещици noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Catalan
2 entries- caça de bruixes noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- caça de bruixes noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 政治迫害 noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
- 獵女巫 /猎女巫 noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- 獵巫 /猎巫 noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Czech
1 entries- hon na čarodějnice noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Danish
2 entries- heksejagt noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- heksejagt noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Dutch
2 entries- heksenjacht noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- heksenjacht noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Estonian
1 entries- nõiajaht noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Finnish
2 entries- noitavaino noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- noitavaino noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
French
2 entries- chasse aux sorcières noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- chasse aux sorcières noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
German
2 entries- Hexenjagd noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- Hexenjagd noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Greek
2 entries- κυνήγι μαγισσών noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- κυνήγι μαγισσών noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Hungarian
2 entries- boszorkányüldözés noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- boszorkányüldözés noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Indonesian
1 entries- perburuan penyihir noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Italian
2 entries- caccia alle streghe noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- caccia alle streghe noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Japanese
1 entries- 魔女狩り noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Korean
2 entries- 마녀사냥 noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- 마녀사냥 noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Macedonian
1 entries- лов на вештерки noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Malay
2 entries- memburu ahli sihir noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- penyihir memburu noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Norwegian
2 entries- heksejakt noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- heksejakt noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Polish
2 entries- polowanie na czarownice noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- polowanie na czarownice noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Portuguese
2 entries- caça às bruxas noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- caça às bruxas noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Romanian
1 entries- vânătoare de vrăjitoare noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Russian
2 entries- охо́та на ведьм noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- охо́та на ведьм noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lov na veštice noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- lov na veštice noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
- lov na vještice noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- lov na vještice noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Spanish
2 entries- caza de brujas noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- caza de brujas noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Swedish
2 entries- häxjakt noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- häxjakt noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Thai
2 entries- การล่าแม่มด noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- การล่าแม่มด noun (campaign to punish dissident persons)
Turkish
1 entries- cadı avı noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Ukrainian
1 entries- полюва́ння на ві́дьом noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Volapük
3 entries- himagivanayag noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- jimagivanayag noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
- magivanayag noun (persecution of persons believed to be using magic)
Sample sentences
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The rupturing of British rule over India in the rebellion of 1857 permitted a great witch-hunt, with lethal effects, to occur among the tribes of northern India.
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Rank-and-file Communists everywhere are led away on a senseless witch-hunt after 'Trotskyists'.
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Even fewer people could believe that the UNCW administration would actually undertake a witch hunt against me, even going so far as to invoke their right to read my personal e-mails because they were on the university's system.
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