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Definition of Crucify
1. Verb. Kill by nailing onto a cross. "They want to crucify the prisoners "; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
2. Verb. Treat cruelly. "The performance is likely to crucify Sue"; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Specialized synonyms: Madden, Hamstring, Badger, Beleaguer, Bug, Pester, Tease, Oppress, Persecute
Generic synonyms: Beset, Chevvy, Chevy, Chivvy, Chivy, Harass, Harry, Hassle, Molest, Plague, Provoke
Derivative terms: Bedevilment, Crucifixion, Frustration, Torment, Torment, Tormenter, Tormentor
3. Verb. Hold within limits and control. "Mortify the flesh"
Entails: Abstain, Desist, Refrain
Specialized synonyms: Mortify
Generic synonyms: Check, Contain, Control, Curb, Hold, Hold In, Moderate
Derivative terms: Mortification
4. Verb. Criticize harshly or violently. "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
Definition of Crucify
1. v. t. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
Definition of Crucify
1. Verb. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. ¹
2. Verb. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage. ¹
3. Verb. (informal) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crucify
1. to put to death on a cross [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crucify
Literary usage of Crucify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sermons by Thomas Arnold (1874)
"Pilate, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them ; but they cried, saying,
crucify him, crucify him. THESE two events took place within a week of one ..."
2. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: translated out of ...Bible (1863)
"20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his
own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. ..."
3. The Works of the Rev. P. Doddridge by Philip Doddridge (1804)
"iy saying, crucify him, preferring such an abandoned miscreant as Ba- «pake again
to them. 9i rubbas toso innocent a person. ..."
4. The Gospel According to St. John: The Authorized Version by Brooke Foss Westcott (1882)
"Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify 14 And it was the preparation of the ...
Pilate, however, still presses his reproaches: Shall (Mint) I crucify your ..."
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