persecute
Meaning of persecute
verb
- To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
He who persecutes one will persecute all.
- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
Information about persecute
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of persecute is: persecutes.
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Hyphenation of persecute
per-se-cute
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- persecute is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
persecute synonyms
Meaning oppress:
Meaning :
annoy, distress, harass, worry
Words that rhyme with persecute
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