Usually means: Persecution based on accused witchcraft.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word witch hunting:

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, Witch hunting: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. witch-hunting: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

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

(Note: See witch_hunt as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Witch hunt)

noun:  Alternative form of witch-hunt [(now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.]
▸ Also see witch_hunt


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