witch hunter
Pursuer of hags
A witch hunter is someone who searches for and prosecutes alleged witches—historically, officials who identified, interrogated, and condemned people (usually women) accused of practicing witchcraft.
The term now typically appears figuratively for someone conducting aggressive investigations based on flimsy evidence or paranoid suspicion: The senator styled himself a witch hunter rooting out communist sympathizers.
The implication is zealotry and disregard for due process.
Judicial examination of claims
- executionCompleting a planned task
- burningCombustion in progress
- stakeSharpened post or share
- accusationClaim someone did wrong
scapegoat · purge · pogrom · inquisition · torture · confession · interrogation · heresy
Harsh, probing questioner
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
orthodoxy · blasphemy · heretic · cleric · ecclesiastic · papal · canon · sectarian
Practice of dark magic
- hexMalevolent incantation
- curseInvoked harm through words
- spellArrange letters correctly
- potionEnchanted liquid mixture
charm · familiar · coven · broomstick · cauldron · black cat · ritual · incantation
- Hansel and GretelTale of abandoned siblings
- inquisitorHarsh, probing questioner
- slayerOne who kills
- supernaturalBeyond natural explanation
gothic · horror · crossbow · silver · stakes · bounty · quest · order
trial
Judicial examination of claims
accusation · scapegoat · purge · pogrom · inquisition · torture · confession · interrogation · heresy · fanaticism
inquisitor
Harsh, probing questioner
- exorcismRitual to expel demons
- puritanicalExcessively strict about morals
- zealotObsessive cause supporter
doctrine · orthodoxy · blasphemy · heretic · cleric · ecclesiastic · papal · canon · sectarian · devil
sorcery
Practice of dark magic
potion · charm · familiar · coven · broomstick · cauldron · black cat · ritual · incantation · necromancy
Van Helsing
- Hansel and GretelTale of abandoned siblings
- inquisitorHarsh, probing questioner
- slayerOne who kills
supernatural · gothic · horror · crossbow · silver · stakes · bounty · quest · order · brotherhood
- monster slayersmonster slayer, demon slayer, vampire slayer, slayer, dragon slayer
- heroeshero, heroes, heroine, heroines, superhero
- fictional clergyFather Brown, Friar Tuck, Ned Flanders, fallen priest, abbess
- occultistswizards, sorcerers, sorceresses, warlocks, mages
witch hunterexonerator
One who clears blame
pardoner · liberator · defense attorney · defense counsel · public defender
witch hunterskeptic
One who doubts claims
doubter · rationalist · disbeliever · protector · debunker
witch huntervoice of reason
peacemaker · debunker · whistleblower · reformer · reconciler
witch, hunter, witches, witchcraft, witchy, witchery, bewitched, bewitch, hunt