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Seeing that this would not be conceded, he commenced to persecute Christians openly and secretly.
The Gentiles shall seek and find Christ, but the Jews will persecute him, and be rejected, only a remnant shall be reserved.
Thou shalt persecute them in anger, and shalt destroy them from under the heavens, O Lord.
Whites lynch, burn, and persecute the Negro race in America yet; and there is little they are doing to help them in anyway.
They will make such an uproar that the cabinet will persecute the philosophers and block the Parliament.
BALSAMO, THE MAGICIANALEXANDER DUMAS
The government had just ability enough to deceive, and just religion enough to persecute.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTER
He had told the girl he was her enemy, and that he would persecute her, but he had not dreamed of anything like this.
THEY LOOKED AND LOVEDMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLER
And God said: "Bring me a sacrifice, not from those that persecute, but from them that are persecuted."
A persecuted band themselves, they soon learned to persecute each other.
THE LOYALISTS OF AMERICA AND THEIR TIMES, VOL. 1 OF 2EGERTON RYERSON
Man will no longer try to usurp the place of God, and persecute his fellow mortal on religious grounds.
ANCIENT FAITHS AND MODERNTHOMAS INMAN
WORDS RELATED TO PERSECUTE
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- bash
- belittle
- berate
- blow off
- calumniate
- cap
- castigate
- cuss out
- cut down
- cut to the quick
- decry
- defame
- derogate
- discount
- do a number on
- dump on
- give a black eye
- hurl brickbat
- insult
- knock
- minimize
- nag
- offend
- oppress
- persecute
- pick on
- put down
- rag on
- reproach
- revile
- ride
- rip up
- run down
- scold
- signify
- slam
- slap
- sling mud
- smear
- sound
- swear at
- tear apart
- trash
- upbraid
- vilify
- vituperate
- zing
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.