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Meaning of crucify

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  crucify
      v 1: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"
      2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
         teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {dun},
         {frustrate}]
      3: hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites";
         "mortify the flesh" [syn: {mortify}, {subdue}, {crucify}]
      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}, {crucify}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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