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Verb crucify has 3 senses
- crucify - kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
--1 is one way to execute, put to death
Sample sentence:
They want to crucify the prisoners
- torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
--2 is one way to harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- savage, pillory, crucify - criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
--3 is one way to knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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