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witch-hunt
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historical
Japanese Meaning
（主に歴史的用法）魔法や呪術を用いて害を及ぼすと信じられた人物を捜し出し、迫害または処罰するための捜索や行為 / 転じて、根拠の薄い疑いや不当な批判に基づく集団的な迫害のことを指す場合もある
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(now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
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The historian warned that what began as a rumor quickly escalated into a witch-hunt.
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The historian warned that what began as a rumor quickly escalated into a witch-hunt.
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