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crucify
Found in thesaurus: execute, put to death, harass, plague, provoke, hassle, molest, beset, harry, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, pick apart, knock, criticise, criticize
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crucify
v.
put to death by nailing to a cross, torture, persecute
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Crucifixion
Crucifixion is a method of slow and painful execution in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross and left to hang for several days until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It is principally known from antiquity, but remains in occasional use in some countries.
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crucify
Verb
1. kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
(hypernym) execute, put to death
(derivation) crucifixion
2. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
(synonym) torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate
(hypernym) harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
(hyponym) madden
(derivation) crucifixion, excruciation
3. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
(synonym) savage, pillory
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
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crucify
v.
ukřižovat
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crucify
Czas.
ukrzyżować
