ENGLISH: crucify - CREOLE: krisifye



Overview of verb crucify



The verb crucify has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (2) crucify -- (kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified")

2. (1) torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate -- (treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher")

3. savage, pillory, crucify -- (criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage")

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