Comfort and Persecute

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Comfort verb - To ease the grief or distress of.

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Persecute is an antonym for comfort.

Persecute verb - To cause persistent suffering to.

Usage example: people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith

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Comfort is an antonym for persecute in topics: victimize, wrong.

man	comfort man	persecute man
people	comfort people	persecute people

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