Persecute: alternatives and connections

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

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To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

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A mound or small hill.

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Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.

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To scold or rail at; to rate; to tease; to torment; to banter.

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An engine for casting stones.

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To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

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Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

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Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

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One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

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One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

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To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.

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