crucify
1. kill by nailing onto a cross (Freq. 2)
- Jesus Christ was crucified
• Derivationally related forms:
crucifixion, crucifix
• Hypernyms:
execute, put to death
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to crucify the prisoners
2. treat cruelly (Freq. 1)
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
• Syn:
torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate
• Derivationally related forms:
frustration (for: frustrate), crucifixion, bedevilment (for: bedevil), torment (for: torment), tormenter (for: torment), tormentor (for: torment)
• Hypernyms:
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy,
chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
• Hyponyms:
madden, hamstring, tease, badger, pester,
bug, beleaguer, persecute, oppress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. hold within limits and control
- subdue one's appetites
- mortify the flesh
• Syn:
mortify, subdue
• Derivationally related forms:
mortification (for: mortify)
• Hypernyms:
control, hold in, hold, contain, check,
curb, moderate
• Hyponyms:
mortify
• Entailment:
abstain, refrain, desist
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. criticize harshly or violently
- The press savaged the new President
- The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
• Syn:
savage, blast, pillory
• Hypernyms:
knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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