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1. (v.t.) crucify
to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
2. crucify
to persecute or torment.
3. crucify
to subdue or repress (passion, sin, etc.).
4. crucify
to punish or criticize severely.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME crucifien < AF, OF crucifier < L crucifīgere= L cruci-, s. of cruxcross+fīgere to fix, bind fast)
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| Definition of 'Crucify' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) crucify
kill by nailing onto a cross
"Jesus Christ was crucified"
2. (verb) torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
3. (verb) mortify, subdue, crucify
hold within limits and control
"subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
4. (verb) savage, blast, pillory, crucify
criticize harshly or violently
"The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
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| Definition of 'Crucify' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) Crucify
to fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet
2. (verb) Crucify
to destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify
3. (verb) Crucify
to vex or torment
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Sense: to put to death by fixing the hands and feet to a cross
Christ was crucified.
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 Afrikaans: kruisig |
 Arabic: يَصلِب |
 Bulgarian: разпъвам на кръст |
 Brazilian: crucificar |
 Czech: (u)křižovat |
 German: kreuzigen |
 Danish: korsfæste |
 Greek: σταυρώνω |
 Spanish: crucificar |
 Estonian: risti lööma |
 Farsi: مصلوب کردن |
 Finnish: ristiinnaulita |
 French: crucifier |
 Hebrew: לִצלוֹב |
 Hindi: सलीब पर ठोंक कर मार डालना |
 Croatian: raspeti |
 Hungarian: keresztre feszít |
 Indonesian: menyalib |
 Icelandic: krossfesta |
 Italian: crocifiggere |
 Japanese: 十字架にかける |
 Korean: 십자가에 못박다 |
 Lithuanian: nukryžiuoti |
 Latvian: sist krustā |
 Dutch: kruisigen |
 Norwegian: korsfeste |
 Polish: ukrzyżować |
 Persian: مصلوب کردن |
 Pashto: تصلیبول ، په دار ځړول |
 Portuguese: crucificar |
 Romanian: a crucifica |
 Russian: распять |
 Slovak: ukrižovať |
 Slovenian: križati |
 Serbian: razapeti |
 Swedish: korsfästa |
 Thai: ฆ่าโดยการตรึงกางเขน |
 Turkish: çarmıha germek |
 Taiwanese: 釘死在十字架上 |
 Ukrainian: розпинати на хресті |
 Urdu: سولى پر چڑهانا، صليب پر |
 Vietnamese: đóng đinh người vào cây t |
 Chinese: 钉死在十字架上 |
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