persecuted

verb

SayPUR-si-kyoo-tid/ˈpɝsəˌkjutɪd/UK/ˈpɜːsɪkjuːtɪd/

1 meaning of persecuted

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verb
Past tense and past participle of persecute. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.
The family left their country because they were persecuted for their religion.
Early Christians were persecuted by several Roman emperors.

persecuted is a form of persecute

persecute, verb: To keep hurting or treating people cruelly, especially because of who they are or what they believe. Full entry

Forms: persecutepersecutes he/she/itpersecuting -ing formpersecuted past tense, past participle
Spelling: persecute → persecuted: add -d
Sound: The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.

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