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crucify
[ kroo-suh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
- to treat with gross injustice; persecute; torment; torture.
- to subdue (passion, sin, etc.).
crucify
/ ˈ°ì°ù³Ü˲õɪˌ´Ú²¹Éª /
verb
- to put to death by crucifixion
- slang.to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally
the critics crucified his performance
- to treat very cruelly; torment
- to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦°ù³Ü³¦¾±ËŒ´Ú¾±±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦°ù³Üc¾±Â·´Ú¾±î€…e°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦°ù³Üc¾±Â·´Ú¾±±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of crucify1
Example Sentences
She said at the time she was “crucified for looking like a 60-year-old.â€
“I have been convicted and sacrificed and crucified and stoned without a trial and without the option to defend myself.â€
“We were scared to death that in the transformation from actor to politician, he would just get crucified as a guy who did everything from script,†Spencer told me.
Outside the conference, protest organiser Caroline Graham told the BBC that the government's current policies were "crucifying" farmers.
Dafoe was crucified as Jesus in The Last Temptation of Christ and cut off his ear as Van Gogh in At Eternity's Gate.
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