persecutes

Meaning of persecutes

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.

Information about persecutes

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of persecutes is: persecute.
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Hyphenation of persecutes

per-se-cutes

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • persecutes is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

persecutes synonyms

Meaning :

annoy, distress, harass, oppress, worry

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