| VERB | social | crucify | kill by nailing onto a cross |
|---|---|---|---|
| emotion | crucify, torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly | |
| emotion | crucify, mortify, subdue | hold within limits and control | |
| communication | crucify, savage, blast, pillory | criticize harshly or violently |
| Sounds | kruw'sahfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | kill by nailing onto a cross. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to crucify the prisoners | |
| Broader | execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
| Spanish | crucificar | |
| Catalan | crucificar | |
| Nouns | crucifix | representation of the cross on which Jesus died |
| crucifixion | the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world | |
| Meaning | treat cruelly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | torment, rag, bedevil, dun, frustrate | |
| Narrower | hamstring | make ineffective or powerless |
| madden | Drive up the wall | |
| persecute, oppress | Cause to suffer | |
| tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | annoy persistently | |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
| Spanish | atormentar, frustrar, martirizar, torturar | |
| Catalan | frustrar, martiritzar, torturar, turmentar | |
| Nouns | crucifixion | the infliction of extremely painful / painful punishment or suffering |
| Meaning | hold within limits and control. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | mortify, subdue | |
| Entails | abstain, refrain, desist | choose not to consume |
| Narrower | mortify | Practice self-denial of one's body and appetites |
| Broader | control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate | lessen the intensity of |
| Spanish | contener, dominar | |
| Meaning | criticize harshly or violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | savage, blast, pillory | |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
| Spanish | arremeter contra, crucificar, masacrar, tratar salvajemente | |
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