Verb

• S: (v) crucify (kill by nailing onto a cross) "Jesus Christ was crucified"
• S: (v) torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate (treat cruelly) "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
• S: (v) mortify, subdue, crucify (hold within limits and control) "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
• S: (v) savage, blast, pillory, crucify (criticize harshly or violently) "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"