All persecute synonyms

verb persecute

• grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
• deviled — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
• bait — Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
• burn up — If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
• boil over — When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
• molest — to bother, interfere with, or annoy.
• outrage — an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
• be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
• buffaloing — any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
• catenate — to arrange or be arranged in a series of chains or rings
• bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
• hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
• get to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
• boning — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
• bung up — a stopper for the opening of a cask.
• got to — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
• hunt down — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
• illtreat — Alternative form of ill-treat.
• hold down — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
• have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
• bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
• worry — to torment oneself with or suffer from disturbing thoughts; fret.
• noodge — to annoy with persistent complaints, criticisms, or pleas; nag: He was always nudging his son to move to a better neighborhood.
• dunned — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
• deviling — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
• dump on — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
• buffalo — A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
• forayed — a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
• overbear — to bear over or down by weight or force: With his superior strength he easily overbore his opponent in the fight.
• lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.
• beleaguer — to trouble persistently; harass
• bludgeoning — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
• chivy — to harass or nag
• hosing — an act or instance of being taken advantage of or cheated.
• dunning — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.
• curdled — Containing curds.
• despotize — To behave like a despot.
• crucify — If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
• follow — to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
• hound — Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
• cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
• beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
• go with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• birddog — one of any of various breeds of dogs trained to hunt or retrieve birds.
• lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
• excrutiate — Misspelling of excruciate.
• leave no stone unturned — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
• devilled — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.