witch-hunt

witch-hunt (noun) synonyms

victimization compare witch-hunt and victimization
bullying compare witch-hunt and bullying
bloodbath compare witch-hunt and bloodbath
oppression compare witch-hunt and oppression
retribution compare witch-hunt and retribution
persecution compare witch-hunt and persecution
swindling compare witch-hunt and swindling
manipulation compare witch-hunt and manipulation
punishment compare witch-hunt and punishment
penance compare witch-hunt and penance
victimation compare witch-hunt and victimation
bloodletting compare witch-hunt and bloodletting
mistreatment compare witch-hunt and mistreatment
maltreatment compare witch-hunt and maltreatment
chastening compare witch-hunt and chastening
pogrom compare witch-hunt and pogrom
exploitation compare witch-hunt and exploitation
cheating compare witch-hunt and cheating
cruelty compare witch-hunt and cruelty
infliction compare witch-hunt and infliction
night of the long knives compare witch-hunt and night of the long knives
chastisement compare witch-hunt and chastisement
torture compare witch-hunt and torture
beating compare witch-hunt and beating
genocide compare witch-hunt and genocide
decimation compare witch-hunt and decimation
ethnic cleansing compare witch-hunt and ethnic cleansing
confiscation compare witch-hunt and confiscation
manhandling compare witch-hunt and manhandling
massacre compare witch-hunt and massacre
deprivation compare witch-hunt and deprivation
butchery compare witch-hunt and butchery
mass murder compare witch-hunt and mass murder
destruction compare witch-hunt and destruction
holocaust compare witch-hunt and holocaust
shoah compare witch-hunt and shoah
annihilation compare witch-hunt and annihilation
slaughter compare witch-hunt and slaughter
purgatory compare witch-hunt and purgatory

witch-hunt definitions

noun

  • A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group. 

  • An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds. 

  • A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them. 

verb
noun