crucify

crucify
Synonyms and related words:
abuse, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, bedevil, befoul, behead, bewitch, bite, blight, bloody, bother, bowstring, browbeat, burn, chafe, claw, condemn, convulse, corrupt, curse, cut, damage, decapitate, decollate, defenestrate, defile, deprave, despoil, destroy, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, electrocute, envenom, excruciate, execute, fester, fret, gall, garrote, get into trouble, give pain, gnaw, grate, grind, gripe, guillotine, harass, harm, harrow, hex, hurt, impair, impale, infect, inflame, inflict capital punishment, inflict pain, injure, irritate, jinx, kill by inches, lacerate, lancinate, lapidate, macerate, maltreat, martyr, martyrize, menace, mistreat, molest, nip, outrage, pain, persecute, pierce, pinch, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, prick, prolong the agony, punish, put to death, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, rip, rub, savage, scarify, scathe, shoot, smite, stab, sting, stone, strangle, taint, threaten, torment, torture, try, tweak, twist, violate, wound, wreak havoc on, wring, wrong

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  • Crucify — EP Тори Эймос Дата выпуска …   Википедия

  • Crucify — Cru ci*fy ( f?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crucified} ( f?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crucifying}.] [F. crucifier, fr. (assumed) LL. crucificare, for crucifigere, fr, L. crux, crucis, cross + figere to fix, the ending figere being changed to ficare, F. fier… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • crucify — [v1] execute; torture near to death excruciate, hang, harrow, kill, martyr, martyrize, nail to cross, persecute, rack, torment, torture; concept 252 Ant. exalt crucify [v2] browbeat, destroy with words afflict, agonize, bedevil, bother, harrow,… …   New thesaurus

  • crucify — index persecute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • crucify — c.1300, from O.Fr. crucifer (12c., Mod.Fr. crucifier), from V.L. *crucificare, from L.L. crucifigere to fasten to a cross, from cruci, dat. of L. crux cross (see CROSS (Cf. cross)) + figere fasten (see FIX (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • crucify — ► VERB (crucifies, crucified) 1) put (someone) to death by nailing or binding them to a cross. 2) cause anguish to. 3) informal criticize severely. ORIGIN from Latin crux cross + figere fix …   English terms dictionary

  • crucify — [kro͞o′sə fī΄] vt. crucified, crucifying [ME crucifien < OFr crucifier < VL * crucificare < LL(Ec) crucifigere < L crux, CROSS + figere: see FIX] 1. to put to death by nailing or binding to a cross and leaving to die of exposure 2. to …   English World dictionary

  • crucify — [[t]kru͟ːsɪfaɪ[/t]] crucifies, crucifying, crucified 1) VERB: usu passive If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die. [be V ed] ...the day that Christ was crucified. 2) VERB To crucify someone… …   English dictionary

  • crucify — UK [ˈkruːsɪfaɪ] / US [ˈkrusɪˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms crucify : present tense I/you/we/they crucify he/she/it crucifies present participle crucifying past tense crucified past participle crucified 1) informal to criticize someone in a… …   English dictionary

  • crucify — transitive verb ( fied; fying) Etymology: Middle English crucifien, from Anglo French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifigere Date: 14th century 1. to put to death by nailing or binding the wrists or hands and feet to a cross 2. to destroy the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crucify — verb 1) two thieves were crucified with Jesus Syn: nail to a cross; execute, put to death, kill 2) she had been crucified by his boastful admission of adultery Syn: devastate, crush, shatter, cut to the quick, wound, pain …   Thesaurus of popular words

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