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crucify

 
Verb crucify has 3 senses
  1. crucify - kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
    --1 is one way to
    execute, put to death
    Derived forms: noun crucifixion1, noun crucifix1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to crucify the prisoners
  2. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
    --2 is one way to harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
    Derived form: noun crucifixion3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  3. savage, pillory, crucify - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
    --3 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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