Another word for persecution
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Noun
Excruciating punishment
- Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
- Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
- An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:
- Great physical pain or mental anguish.
- A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
- The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
- A continuing state of extreme pain, punishment or torment with no seeming chance of reprieve.
- The place of eternal punishment for the wicked after death, often imagined as being presided over by Satan and his devils.
- A state of separation from God; exclusion from God's presence.
- The abode of the dead in any of various religious traditions, such as the Hebrew Sheol or the Greek Hades; the underworld.
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Another word for persecution
Noun
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- Present participle of pester.
- An act or instance of annoying somebody.
- Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations:
- Causing extreme irritation or chagrin; vexing:
- Present participle of tease.
- The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.
- The act of annoying or the state of being annoyed.
- A cause of irritation or vexation; a nuisance.
- A confinement in a place, especially a prison.
- The condition or period of being forced to live away from one's native country or home, especially as a punishment.
- The condition or period of self-imposed absence from one's country or home:
- One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.
- The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
- The act or an instance of killing a large number of humans indiscriminately and cruelly.
- The slaughter of a large number of animals.
- A severe defeat, as in a sports event.
- The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
- An instance of such killing.
- Something that is very uncomfortable, difficult, or hazardous:
- The act or action of causing death, as of a person.
- A sudden large profit:
- Causing or apt to cause death; fatal:
- Great physical pain or mental anguish.
- A source of harassment, annoyance, or pain.
- The torture inflicted on prisoners under interrogation.
- Infliction of severe physical pain as a means of punishment or coercion.
- Excruciating physical or mental pain; agony:
- An experience or cause of severe pain or anguish:
- The act or process of imposing or meting out something unpleasant.
- Something, such as punishment, that is inflicted.
- A condition of pain, suffering, or distress:
- A cause of pain, suffering, or distress:
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