Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put (a person) to death by nailing or binding to a cross.
- transitive verb To mortify or subdue (the flesh).
- transitive verb To treat cruelly; torment.
- transitive verb To criticize harshly; pillory.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put to death by nailing or otherwise affixing to a cross. See
crucifixion . - Figuratively, in Scripture, to subdue; mortify; kill; destroy the power or influence of.
- To vex; torment; excruciate.
- To put or place in the form of a cross; cross.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
- transitive verb To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
- transitive verb To vex or torment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
execute (a person) bynailing to across . - verb To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
- verb informal To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb hold within limits and control
- verb kill by nailing onto a cross
- verb treat cruelly
- verb criticize harshly or violently
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The cross is the instrument of death, and to crucify is to kill.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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The Portland Observer published a brief piece by Jake Thomas titled "State rep candidate wants to 'crucify' his opponent."
Dedrick Muhammad: Chael Sonnen Not Fit for Public Office 2010
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Lincoln pointed out that the Northerners who opposed slavery had to "crucify" their feelings about it to carry on with business as usual.
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The word prospegnumi, though translated in our Bibles as "crucify" or
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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The answer is that no less than four different Greek words are translated in our Bibles as meaning "crucify" or "crucified," and that not one of the four meant "crucify" or "crucified."
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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Scriptures, upon translating as "crucify" or "crucified" four different words, not one of which referred to anything necessarily in the shape of a cross?
The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion John Denham Parsons
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With David's example before us we should "crucify" this sort of "carnal ambition."
Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future Atticus Greene 1881
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Nay, worse -- you are ever ready to cry "crucify" to him who would attempt to counteract this condition -- ever ready to glorify the man and the motion that would fix another rivet in your fetters!
The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West Mayne Reid 1850
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Now why would they do that in tentative fashion, knowing that their book life span is approximately 3 to 9 months before the REAL Historians 'crucify' their attempts at basic Religious History ...
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED Mike Rivero 2010
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Deal fired back that Handel has engaged in a relentlessly negative campaign and has sought to "crucify" her opponents.
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