crucify

Verbs

  • (v) kill by nailing onto a cross
    • Jesus Christ was crucified
  • (v) treat cruelly
    • The children tormented the stuttering teacher
    bedevil, dun, rag, frustrate, torment,
  • (v) hold within limits and control
    • subdue one's appetites
    • mortify the flesh
    mortify, subdue,
  • (v) criticize harshly or violently
    • The press savaged the new President
    • The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
    savage, pillory, blast,

Synonyms

bedevil dun rag frustrate torment mortify subdue savage pillory blast

Words of close approximity

crucial