Persecute can be categorized as a verb.
Verb |
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| persecute - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" |
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| 1. | verb | Arabs persecute me. | |
| 2. | verb | In France, we leave alone those who start fires, but we persecute those who sound the alarm. | |
| 3. | verb | I do not believe progress is possible if our desire to preserve our identities gives way to an impulse to dehumanize or dominate another group. If our religion leads us to persecute those of another faith, if we jail or beat people who are gay, if our traditions lead us to prevent girls from going to school, if we discriminate on the basis of race or tribe or ethnicity, then the fragile bonds of civilization will fray. | |
| 4. | verb | Our commitment to human rights must be absolute, our laws fair, our natural beauty preserved; the powerful must not persecute the weak, and human dignity must be enhanced. |
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| verb | |
| Arabs persecute me. | |
| In France, we leave alone those who start fires, but we persecute those who sound the alarm. | |
| I do not believe progress is possible if our desire to preserve our identities gives way to an impulse to dehumanize or dominate another group. If our religion leads us to persecute those of another faith, if we jail or beat people who are gay, if our traditions lead us to prevent girls from going to school, if we discriminate on the basis of race or tribe or ethnicity, then the fragile bonds of civilization will fray. | |
| Our commitment to human rights must be absolute, our laws fair, our natural beauty preserved; the powerful must not persecute the weak, and human dignity must be enhanced. | |