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victimization collapse: adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"

harassment collapse: the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism; a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

persecution collapse: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

exorcist collapse: someone who practices exorcism; one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church

sporting collapse: involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"; relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"

reynard collapse: a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'

fox collapse: alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs; the Algonquian language of the Fox; a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River; English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691); English statesman who supported American independence and the French Revolution (1749-1806); the grey or reddish-brown fur of a fox; become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots

hyena collapse: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

wolf collapse: any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs; a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women; German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824); Austrian composer (1860-1903); eat hastily; "The teenager wolfed down the pizza"

oppression collapse: the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"; a feeling of being oppressed; the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"

obsessed collapse: influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed"

jackal collapse: Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair

voodoo collapse: a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities; bewitch by or as if by a voodoo

hunt collapse: the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport; the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts; an instance of searching for something; "the hunt for submarines"; an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport; British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859); United States architect (1827-1895); Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910); pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"; search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"; seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them"; oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency"; yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed"; chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood"

gargoyle collapse: an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal; a spout that terminates in a grotesquely carved figure of a person or animal

necromantic collapse: given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead; "a necromantic sorcerer"; "necromantic delusions"; "necromantic powders and other weird objects"; relating to or associated with necromancy; "mysterious necromantic rites"

fishing collapse: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion; the occupation of catching fish for a living

shrew collapse: small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles; a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman

water witch collapse: someone who uses a divining rod to find underground water

frump collapse: a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman; "she got a reputation as a frump"; "she's a real dog"

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