Crucify

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  • transitive verb. To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.
  • transitive verb. To mortify or subdue (the flesh).
  • transitive verb. To treat cruelly; torment.
  • transitive verb. To criticize harshly; pillory.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put to death by nailing or otherwise affixing to a cross. See crucifixion.
  • Figuratively, in Scripture, to subdue; mortify; kill; destroy the power or influence of.
  • To vex; torment; excruciate.
  • To put or place in the form of a cross; cross.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
  • transitive verb. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
  • transitive verb. To vex or torment.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
  • verb. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
  • verb. To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. hold within limits and control
  • verb. kill by nailing onto a cross
  • verb. treat cruelly
  • verb. criticize harshly or violently
    • Word Usage
    "The cross is the instrument of death, and to crucify is to kill."
    cross-reference
    repress  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    criticise  criticize  execute  knock  pick apart  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    accoladesand  advise  appear  break  bring  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abuse  afflict  aggrieve  agonize  ail  
    variant
    crucified  
    verb-form
    crucified  crucifies  crucifying  
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