这场针对环保人士的批评更像是一场政治迫害，而非理性讨论。

The criticism against environmental activists looks more like a political ___witch-hunt than a rational debate.

中世纪欧洲的猎巫行动导致了许多无辜女性的死亡。

Many innocent women lost their lives during the medieval European ___witch-hunts.