CRUCIFY





Definition:

  1. [verb] kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"

  2. [verb] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
    Synonyms: torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate

  3. [verb] criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
    Synonyms: savage, pillory

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