Crucify (Verb)
Meaning 1
Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 2
Criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 4
Kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.