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crucify
[kroo-suh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
to treat with gross injustice; persecute; torment; torture.
to subdue (passion, sin, etc.).
crucify
/ ˈːɪˌڲɪ /
verb
to put to death by crucifixion
slangto defeat, ridicule, etc, totally
the critics crucified his performance
to treat very cruelly; torment
to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify
Other Word Forms
- crucifier noun
- uncrucified adjective
- ˈܳˌھ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of crucify1
Example Sentences
The umbrella film is the movie that no matter what you do, even if you make s— that people don’t like, they won’t crucify you — pun intended — because you made a movie that they like.”
In Greece, the sky lit up with fireworks, while worshippers in Jerusalem lit candles at the church where Jesus is said to have been crucified and buried.
She said at the time she was “crucified for looking like a 60-year-old.”
“I have been convicted and sacrificed and crucified and stoned without a trial and without the option to defend myself.”
“We were scared to death that in the transformation from actor to politician, he would just get crucified as a guy who did everything from script,” Spencer told me.
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