Usually means: Persecution based on accused witchcraft.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. witch-hunting: Merriam-Webster
  2. witch-hunting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. witch-hunting, witch-hunting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Witch-Hunting, witch-hunting: Wordnik
  5. witch-hunting: Wiktionary
  6. witch-hunting: Dictionary.com
  7. Witch-hunting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. witch-hunting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. witch-hunting: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. witch-hunting: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (witch-hunting)

noun:  (chiefly historical) Engagement in a witch-hunt; searching for witches or for evidence against them.
noun:  Engagement in a political witch-hunt; unjust or ideological persecution.

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