Persecutor: alternatives and connections

Any dipterous insect of the genus Oestrus, and allied genera of botflies.

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One who harasses.

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A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague.

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One who pesters or harasses.

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One who tantalizes.

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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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Excruciated; tortured.

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Excruciated; tortured.

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

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

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One who, or that which, torments; a tormentor.

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One who, or that which, torments; one who inflicts penal anguish or tortures.

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