witch

  • 81Witch (groupe) — Witch est un groupe de doom metal américain. Leur premier album éponyme est sorti en mars 2006 aux États Unis. Inspirée par un heavy métal très seventies (citons notamment Black Sabbath), leur musique a cependant une dynamique très moderne.… …

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  • 82witch-hunt — n an attempt to find and punish people in a society or organization whose opinions are regarded as wrong or dangerous used to show disapproval ▪ anti Communist witch hunts …

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  • 83witch-hunt — witch ,hunt noun uncount an attempt to find all the people in a particular group in order to punish them or treat them unfairly: He called the crackdown a witch hunt …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 84witch hunt — 1640 in the literal sense; the extended sense is attested from 1932 (in witch hunting), popularized in Cold War anti Communist hysteria …

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  • 85witch-hunt — witch hunts N COUNT: oft N against n (disapproval) A witch hunt is an attempt to find and punish a particular group of people who are being blamed for something, often simply because of their opinions and not because they have actually done… …

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  • 86witch hazel — (Amer.) n. wychhazel, type of flowering tree; astringent solution containing an extract from the witch hazel tree …

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  • 87witch hazel — witch ha•zel [[t]ˈwɪtʃ ˌheɪ zəl[/t]] for 2also [[t]ˌwɪtʃ ˈheɪ [/t]] n. 1) pln any small tree or shrub of the genus Hamamelis, esp. H. virginiana, of E North America, having toothed, egg shaped leaves and small, yellow flowers 2) an extract from… …

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  • 88witch hazel family — witch′ ha zel fam ily n. pln a family, Hamamelidaceae, of trees and shrubs with simple alternate leaves, flowers in clusters, and aggregates of beaked fruit capsules: includes the sweet gum and witch hazel …

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  • 89witch hunt — n. [so named in allusion to persecutions of persons alleged to be witches] an investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover disloyalty, subversive political activity, etc., usually conducted with much publicity and often relying upon… …

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  • 90witch-ridden — witchˈ ridden adjective Ridden by witches • • • Main Entry: ↑witch …

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