Definition of Crucify

1. Verb. Kill by nailing onto a cross. "They want to crucify the prisoners "; "Jesus Christ was crucified"

Generic synonyms: Execute, Put To Death
Derivative terms: Crucifix, Crucifixion

2. Verb. Treat cruelly. "The performance is likely to crucify Sue"; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

3. Verb. Hold within limits and control. "Mortify the flesh"
Exact synonyms: Mortify, Subdue
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"
Exact synonyms: Blast, Pillory, Savage
Generic synonyms: Criticise, Criticize, Knock, Pick Apart

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

crucifix fish
crucifixes
crucifixion
crucifixionlike
crucifixions
crucifixlike
cruciform
cruciform eminence
cruciform ligament of atlas
cruciform loops
cruciform structure
cruciforms
crucify (current term)
crucifying
crucigerous
cruciverbalism
cruciverbalist
cruciverbalists
cruck
crucks
crudded
cruddier
cruddiest
cruddiness
crudding
cruddle

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