About The Word Crucify

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Crucify

Crucify Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Crucify?
[v] criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
[v] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [v] kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified" Synonyms | Synonyms for Crucify: bedevil | dun | frustrate | pillory | rag | savage | torment Related Terms | Find terms related to Crucify: abuse | afflict | aggrieve | agonize | ail | bedevil | befoul | behead | bewitch | bite | blight | bloody | bother | bowstring | browbeat | burn | chafe | claw | condemn | convulse | corrupt | curse | cut | damage | decapitate | decollate | defenestrate | defile | deprave | despoil | destroy | disadvantage | disserve | distress | do a mischief | do evil | do ill | do wrong | do wrong by | doom | electrocute | envenom | excruciate | execute | fester | fret | gall | garrote | get into trouble | give pain | gnaw | grate | grind | gripe | guillotine | harass | harm | harrow | hex | hurt | impair | impale | infect | inflame | inflict capital punishment | inflict pain | injure | irritate | jinx | kill by inches | lacerate | lancinate | lapidate | macerate | maltreat | martyr | martyrize | menace | mistreat | molest | nip | outrage | pain | persecute | pierce | pinch | play havoc with | play hob with | poison | pollute | prejudice | prick | prolong the agony | punish | put to death | put to torture | rack | rankle | rasp | rip | rub | savage | scarify | scathe | shoot | smite | stab | sting | stone | strangle | taint | threaten | torment | torture | try | tweak | twist | violate | wound | wreak havoc on | wring | wrong See Also | badger | beleaguer | beset | bug | chevvy | chevy | chivvy | chivy | criticise | criticize | execute | hamstring | harass | harry | hassle | madden | molest | oppress | persecute | pester | pick apart | plague | provoke | put to death | tease Crucify In Webster's Dictionary \Cru"ci*fy\ (-f?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crucified}
(-f?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crucifying}.] [F. crucifier, fr.
(assumed) LL. crucificare, for crucifigere, fr, L. crux,
crucis, cross + figere to fix, the ending -figere being
changed to -ficare, F. -fier (in compounds), as if fr. L.
facere to do, make. See {Cross}, and {Fix}, and cf.
{Crucifix}.]
1. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands
and feet to a cross or gibbet.
They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. --Luke
xxiii. 21.
2. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue
completely; to mortify.
They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh,
with the affections and lusts. --Gal. v. 24.
3. To vex or torment. --Beau. & FL.
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