'Crucify' definitions:
Definition of 'crucify'
(from WordNet)
verb
Kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
verb
Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate]
verb
Hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh" [syn: mortify, subdue, crucify]
verb
Definition of 'Crucify'
From: GCIDE
- Crucify \Cru"ci*fy\ (-f?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crucified (-f?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crucifying.] [F. crucifier, fr. (assumed) LL. crucificare, for crucifigere, fr, L. crux, crucis, cross + figere to fix, the ending -figere being changed to -ficare, F. -fier (in compounds), as if fr. L. facere to do, make. See Cross, and Fix, and cf. Crucifix.]
- 1. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet. [1913 Webster]
- They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. --Luke xxiii. 21. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify. [1913 Webster]
- They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. --Gal. v. 24. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To vex or torment. --Beau. & FL. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crucify'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- afflict,
- aggrieve,
- agonize,
- ail,
- bedevil,
- befoul,
- behead,
- bewitch,
- bite,
- blight,
- bloody,
- bother,
- bowstring,
- browbeat,
- burn,
- chafe,
- claw,
- condemn,
- convulse,
- corrupt,
- curse,
- cut,
- damage,
- decapitate,
- decollate,
- defenestrate,
- defile,
- deprave,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- disadvantage,
- disserve,
- distress,
- do a mischief,
- do evil,
- do ill,
- do wrong,
- do wrong by,
- doom,
- electrocute,
- envenom,
- excruciate,
- execute,
- fester,
- fret,
- gall,
- garrote,
- get into trouble,
- give pain,
- gnaw,
- grate,
- grind,
- gripe,
- guillotine,
- harass,
- harm,
- harrow,
- hex,
- hurt,
- impair,
- impale,
- infect,
- inflame,
- inflict capital punishment,
- inflict pain,
- injure,
- irritate,
- jinx,
- kill by inches,
- lacerate,
- lancinate,
- lapidate,
- macerate,
- maltreat,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- menace,
- mistreat,
- molest,
- nip,
- outrage,
- pain,
- persecute,
- pierce,
- pinch,
- play havoc with,
- play hob with,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- prick,
- prolong the agony,
- punish,
- put to death,
- put to torture,
- rack,
- rankle,
- rasp,
- rip,
- rub,
- savage,
- scarify,
- scathe,
- shoot,
- smite,
- stab,
- sting,
- stone,
- strangle,
- taint,
- threaten,
- torment,
- torture,
- try,
- tweak,
- twist,
- violate,
- wound,
- wreak havoc on,
- wring,
- wrong