Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Persecute
Persecute verb - To cause persistent suffering to.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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And the Azami, whom they did persecute until the Azami fought back.
Source: Tabletop Game / BattleTech - It does have the advantage that when the angry citizens demand The Hero persecute the Reluctant Monster or something equally wrong, and he turns the demand back on them, the trope Who Will Bell the Cat?
Source: Holding Out for a Hero
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Persecute and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/persecute
Back & Persecute. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/persecute>.
Persecute or Back. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/persecute.
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