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Detailed Synonyms for persecution in English

persecution:

persecution [the ~] noun

  1. the persecution
    the chase; the pursuit; the persecution
  2. the persecution
    the prosecution; the persecution
  3. the persecution
    – the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) 1
    the persecution
    – the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) 1

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Related Definitions for "persecution":

  1. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)1

persecute:

to persecute verb (persecutes, persecuted, persecuting)

  1. to persecute
    to pursue; to strive after; to persecute; to aim for; to chase; to haunt
    • pursue verb (pursues, pursued, pursuing)
    • strive after verb (strives after, strived after, striving after)
    • persecute verb (persecutes, persecuted, persecuting)
    • aim for verb (aims for, aimed for, aiming for)
    • chase verb (chases, chased, chasing)
    • haunt verb (haunts, haunted, haunting)
  2. to persecute
    to pursue; to chase; to persecute; to haunt; to run after
    • pursue verb (pursues, pursued, pursuing)
    • chase verb (chases, chased, chasing)
    • persecute verb (persecutes, persecuted, persecuting)
    • haunt verb (haunts, haunted, haunting)
    • run after verb (runs after, ran after, running after)
  3. to persecute
    – cause to suffer 1
    to persecute; to oppress
    – cause to suffer 1
    • persecute verb (persecutes, persecuted, persecuting)
      • Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union1
    • oppress verb (oppresses, oppressed, oppressing)

Conjugations for persecute:

present
  1. persecute
  2. persecute
  3. persecutes
  4. persecute
  5. persecute
  6. persecute
simple past
  1. persecuted
  2. persecuted
  3. persecuted
  4. persecuted
  5. persecuted
  6. persecuted
present perfect
  1. have persecuted
  2. have persecuted
  3. has persecuted
  4. have persecuted
  5. have persecuted
  6. have persecuted
past continuous
  1. was persecuting
  2. were persecuting
  3. was persecuting
  4. were persecuting
  5. were persecuting
  6. were persecuting
future
  1. shall persecute
  2. will persecute
  3. will persecute
  4. shall persecute
  5. will persecute
  6. will persecute
continuous present
  1. am persecuting
  2. are persecuting
  3. is persecuting
  4. are persecuting
  5. are persecuting
  6. are persecuting
subjunctive
  1. be persecuted
  2. be persecuted
  3. be persecuted
  4. be persecuted
  5. be persecuted
  6. be persecuted
diverse
  1. persecute!
  2. let's persecute!
  3. persecuted
  4. persecuting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "persecute":

  1. cause to suffer1
    • Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union1

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