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crucify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucefier, from Late Latin crucificō, from Latin crucifigō.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
2. (excessive, transitive) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
   • I crucify myself, nothing I do is good enough for you / I crucify myself every day 1992, Tori Amos, “Crucify”:
   • After his public gaffe, he was crucified in the media.
   • Having behind us the commercial interests and the laboring interests and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them, you shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. 1896 July 9, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold speech
3. (excessive, informal, transitive) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
   • West Ham beat Manchester City five nil–they crucified them!

Forms

Deriveds

decrucify · crucifiable · recrucify

Relateds

crux · crucifixional · crucifixion · cross · crucifix

Translations (62)

cy croeshoelio (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · qu chakatay (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · io krucagar (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · yi קרייציקן (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · kcg team (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ro răstigni (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · es crucificar (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ca crucificar (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · pt crucificar (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · grc σταυρόω (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · th ตรึงกางเขน (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · gd ceus (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · it crocifiggere (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · gl crucificar (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · bg ра́зпвам (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · bg разпъ́на на кръст (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · nl kruisigen (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · tr çarmıha germek (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · uk розіпну́ти (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · bg разпъ́вам (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ga céas (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · haw mākia (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · sv korsfästa (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ms menyalib (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ro crucifica (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · is krossfesta (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · hu keresztre feszít (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ang āhōn (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · la crucifīgō (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · bg разпъ́вам на кръст (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · he צָלַב (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · lad kruzificar (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · eo krucumi (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · bg разпъ́на (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · fi ristiinnaulita (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · da korsfæste (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ar صَلَّبَ (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ang rōdfæstnian (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · bg ра́зпна (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · it crocefiggere (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · tr haçlamak (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · mi rīpeka (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · cs ukřižovat (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · pdt kjriezjen (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · nn korsfeste (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · uk розіп'я́сти́ (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · fr crucifier (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · el σταυρώνω (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · pl ukrzyżować (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ru распя́ть (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ota خاچلامق (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · nb korsfeste (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · enm crucifien (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ar صَلَبَ (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ru распина́ть (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · uk розп'я́сти́ (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · ml ക്രൂശിക്കുക (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · got 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · uk розпина́ти (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · hy խաչել (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · de kreuzigen (to execute a person by nailing to a cross) · lad kruçificar (to execute a person by nailing to a cross)