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cru·ci·fy
(kro͞o′sə-fī′)tr.v. cru·ci·fied, cru·ci·fy·ing, cru·ci·fies
1. To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.
2. To mortify or subdue (the flesh).
3. To treat cruelly; torment: crucified the awkward child with teasing.
4. To criticize harshly; pillory: The media crucified the politician for breaking a campaign pledge.
[Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucifier, alteration of Latin crucifīgere : crux, cruc-, cross + fīgere, to attach; see dhīgw- in Indo-European roots.]
cru′ci·fi′er n.
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crucify
(ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪ)vb (tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied
1. to put to death by crucifixion
2. slang to defeat, ridicule, etc, totally: the critics crucified his performance.
3. to treat very cruelly; torment
4. to subdue (passion, lust, etc); mortify
[C13: from Old French crucifier, from Late Latin crucifīgere to crucify, to fasten to a cross, from Latin crux cross + fīgere to fasten]
ˈcruciˌfier n
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cru•ci•fy
(ˈkru səˌfaɪ)v.t. -fied, -fy•ing.
1. to put to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross.
2. to persecute or torment.
3. to subdue or repress (passion, sin, etc.).
4. to punish or criticize severely.
[1325–75; Middle English crucifien < Anglo-French, Old French crucifier < Latin crucifīgere= Latin cruci-, s. of crux cross + fīgere to fix, bind fast]
cru′ci•fi`er, n.
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crucify
Past participle: crucified
Gerund: crucifying
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| Verb | 1. | crucify - kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified" execute, put to death - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed" |
| 2. |  crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" | |
| 3. | crucify - hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" mortify - practice self-denial of one's body and appetites | |
| 4. | crucify - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock - find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
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crucify
verb
1. execute, put to death, nail to a cross the day that Christ was crucified
2. (Slang) pan (informal), rubbish (informal), ridicule, slag (off) (slang), lampoon, wipe the floor with (informal), tear to pieces She was crucified by the critics for her performance.
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Translations
يَصلِب
křižovatukřižovat
korsfæste
ristiinnaulita
keresztre feszít
krossfesta
krucifiksasnukryžiavimasnukryžiuotasisnukryžiuoti
sist krustā
ukrižovať
çarmıha germek
crucify
[ˈkruːsɪfaɪ] VT1. (lit) → crucificar
2. (fig) he'll crucify me when he finds out! → ¡cuando se entere me mata!
the newspapers are crucifying him → los periódicos se están ensañando con él
the newspapers are crucifying him → los periódicos se están ensañando con él
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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crucify
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
crucify
[ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪ] vt → crocifiggere (fig) (punish) → mettere in croce, fare a pezzi; (criticize, performance, actor) → stroncareif he catches us he'll crucify us → se ci pesca ci ammazza
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crucify
(ˈkruːsifai) verb to put to death by fixing the hands and feet to a cross. Christ was crucified.
ˈcrucifix (-fiks) noun a figure of Christ on the cross.
ˌcruciˈfixion (-ˈfikʃən) noun (a) death on the cross, especially that of Christ.
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