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crucify

 
Dictionary: cru·ci·fy   (krū'sə-fī') pronunciation
tr.v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.
  1. To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.
  2. To mortify or subdue (the flesh).
  3. To treat cruelly; torment: crucified the awkward child with teasing.
  4. To criticize harshly; pillory: The media crucified the politician for breaking a campaign pledge.

[Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucifier, alteration of Latin crucifīgere : crux, cruc-, cross + fīgere, to attach.]

crucifier cru'ci·fi'er n.

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verb

    To subject (another) to extreme physical cruelty, as in punishing: rack, torment, torture. Idioms: put on therackwheel. See pain/pleasure, reward/punish/deserve.

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v

Definition: browbeat, destroy with words
Antonyms: compliment, exalt, laud, praise

v

Definition: execute
Antonyms: exalt


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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: kill by nailing onto a cross

Meaning #2: treat cruelly
  Synonyms: torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate

Meaning #3: criticize harshly or violently
  Synonyms: savage, pillory


Translations: Crucify
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - korsfæste, forfølge, slå af marken

Nederlands (Dutch)
kruisigen, folteren, vervolgen, volledig verslaan

Français (French)
v. tr. - crucifier, (fig) démolir, critiquer

Deutsch (German)
v. - kreuzigen, quälen, zerreißen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σταυρώνω, θανατώνω στο σταυρό, (μτφ.) βασανίζω

Italiano (Italian)
crocifiggere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - crucificar

Русский (Russian)
распинать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - crucificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - korsfästa, trakassera (bildl.), undertrycka (lidelse)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
十字架上钉死

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 十字架上釘死

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 십자가에 못 박다, 박해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 十字架にかける, はりつけにする, 迫害する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) صلب, عذب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮צלב‬


 
 
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