Verb

• S: (v) mortify (practice self-denial of one's body and appetites)
• S: (v) mortify, subdue, crucify (hold within limits and control) "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh"
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• S: (v) humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase (cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of) "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
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• S: (v) necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate (undergo necrosis) "the tissue around the wound necrosed"