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CRUCIFY

Definition:

[verb] kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
[verb] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
Synonyms: torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate
[verb] criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
Synonyms: savage, pillory