Crucify synonyms

kro͝o'sə-fī'

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persecute
To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to death for one's race, sexual identity, adherence to a particular religious creed, or mode of worship.
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execute
To perform; do:
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hang
Used to express exasperation or disgust:
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nail to the cross
To kill by crucifixion
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torture
To subject to torture
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lampoon
To lampoon is defined as to parody or publicly criticize someone or something using humor.
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bedevil
To confuse completely; muddle
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bother (related)
(Intransitive) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
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browbeat
To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech; bully.
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kill
To thwart passage of; veto:
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ridicule
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of
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smite
To afflict retributively; chasten or chastise.
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torment
To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
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exalt (antonym)
To raise in rank, status etc., to elevate.
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laud (antonym)
To give praise to; glorify.
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praise (antonym)
Praise is defined as to give someone approval, or to thank God.
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compliment (antonym)
To present something to (a person) as an act of politeness or respect
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rack
To torture on a rack
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put on the rack (or wheel)
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pain (related)
To cause physical pain to; hurt:
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reward (related)
Bible, 1 Sam. xxiv. 17
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savage
To attack in a violent or brutal way
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blast
To shatter, as if by an explosion.
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mortify
To cause to feel shame, humiliation, chagrin, etc.; injure the pride or self-respect of
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subdue
To make less intense or prominent; reduce or tone down:
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rag
(Intransitive) To become tattered.
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dun
To ask (a debtor) insistently or repeatedly for payment
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frustrate
The definition of frustrate is to hinder someone's plans or efforts, or to make someone feel annoyed because you are hindering their efforts or refusing to cooperate.
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put-to-death (related)
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slay (related)
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glorify (related)
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christ (related)
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son-of-god (related)
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cast out (related)
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judas (related)
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jesus (related)
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shed blood (related)
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righteous (related)
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martyr
To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
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Crucify Sentence Examples

  • Florus actually dared to scourge and crucify Jews who belonged to the Roman order of knights.

  • On the journey thither he was caught by pirates, whom he treated with consummate nonchalance while awaiting his ransom, threatening to return and crucify them; when released he lost no time in carrying out his threat.

  • In the Democratic national convention at Chicago in 1896, during a long and heated debate with regard to the party platform, Bryan, in advocating the "plank" declaring for the free coinage of silver, of which he was the author, delivered a celebrated speech containing the passage, "You shall not press down upon the brow of labour this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold."

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