What is another word for persecuted ?

knocked the stuffing out of

Past tense for to cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment

tormented

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

agonised^UK

agonized^US

discriminated against

inflicted pain on

inflicted suffering on

got the knife into

sticked the knife into

brutalized^US

brutalised^UK

labored^US

laboured^UK

gave someone the works

given someone the works

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

brought tears to your eyes

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

given someone the blues

turned off

broke someone's heart

caused someone distress

broken someone's heart

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

gave someone the blues

harshed someone's mellow

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“My job was not to persecute people for blasphemous advances of the sciences, or for heretical religious teachings.”

Verb

made things hot for someone

Past tense for to harass or annoy (someone) persistently

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

made it hot for someone

rubbed up the wrong way

rankled

incensed

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

antagonized^US

put someone's nose out of joint

antagonised^UK

gotten on your nerves

given someone the hump

gave someone the hump

tyrannized^US

tyrannised^UK

breathed down someone's neck

worked on

grated on

driven round the bend

drove round the bend

pained

made somebody's hackles rise

put off

rankled with

got under your skin

gotten under your skin

unsettled

made waves

gotten on one's nerves

driven round the twist

drove round the twist

driven mad

drove mad

tantalized^US

tantalised^UK

driven to distraction

drove to distraction

gnawn

gnew

setted one's teeth on edge

raised your hackles

rubbed you up the wrong way

tried your patience

ruffled one's feathers

put someone off their stroke

given someone the pip

discriminated against

sticked in one's craw

criticized^US

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

criticised^UK

brought pressure to bear on

agonized^US

caused someone to lose their composure

busted someone's balls

gotten up someone's nose

psyched out

rattled someone's cage

agonised^UK

tried the patience of

made an enemy of somebody

sent into a rage

got up someone's nose

drove you up the wall

driven you up the wall

punished repeatedly and unfairly

taken the piss out of

gotten your hackles up

gotten on the wrong side of

got on the wrong side of

put someone off their stride

shaken

shook

put out of countenance

puzzled

hurt somebody's feelings

setted someone back on their heels

made someone scratch their head

disordered

caused to be at a stand

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

pulled the rug from under

pulled the rug out from under

terrorized^US

balked^US

baulked^UK

terrorised^UK

stopped someone in their tracks

galvanized^US

energized^US

pushed someon's buttons

galvanised^UK

energised^UK

setted someone thinking

messed with one's head

trod on someone's toes

trodden on someone's toes

took the wind out of your sails

taken the wind out of your sails

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“Last week, we witnessed two fine examples of the extent to which anti-smoking zealots will go in order to hound and persecute smokers.”

Verb

used strong-arm tactics on

Past tense for to bully or threaten, especially by causing others to feel frightened

terrorised^UK

terrorized^US

threatened

harassed

pressurised^UK

pressurized^US

hectored

tyrannised^UK

tyrannized^US

twisted someone's arm

scared off

scared the bejesus out of

put through the wringer

put the chill on

put the frighteners on

made things hot for someone

ridden roughshod over

ordered about

held a gun to one's head

ordered around

made it hot for someone

ruled with a rod of iron

pushed the buttons

kept under thumb

ruled with an iron hand

thrown your weight around

was in the saddle

been in the saddle

threw your weight around

brought pressure to bear on

put under an obligation

told someone what to do

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

brought pressure to bear upon

tightened the screws on

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Verb

Past tense for to mistreat or do an injustice to

dishonoured^UK

dishonored^US

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

distressed

stepped on the toes of

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Verb

Past tense for to treat badly, cruelly, or violently

brutalised^UK

brutalized^US

beat the living daylights out of

beatbeat the living daylights out of the living daylights out of

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