crucify

[ US /ˈkɹusəˌfaɪ/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈuːsɪfˌa‍ɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. kill by nailing onto a cross
    Jesus Christ was crucified
  2. criticize harshly or violently
    The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
    The press savaged the new President
  3. hold within limits and control
    subdue one's appetites
    mortify the flesh
  4. treat cruelly
    The children tormented the stuttering teacher
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How To Use crucify In A Sentence

  • There is perfect joy in controling ourselves disciplining our flesh and 'crucifying' it and in understanding that God is taking care of us - punishing us, lovingly, for our sins and directing us in what is right. Francis' Perfect Joy!
  • There was a reason why William Jennings Bryan rallied millions behind his presidential campaign in 1896 when he campaigned against what he saw as the Republican plutocrats with his slogan that “you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold” Although technically a speech for bimetallism, the slogan reverberated though the west, the laboring class, and poor farmers. Failure of Economics and the Market System? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website
  • The clothes of those that are executed are the executioner's fee: four soldiers were employed in crucifying Christ, and they must each of them have a share: his upper garment, if it were divided, would be of no use to any of them, and therefore they agreed to cast lots for it. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
  • But the quizmaster was firm - at one time even threatening to crucify anyone who prompted the participants.
  • Thou couldst take me by the head, as thou didst Habbakuk, and carry me so; by a chariot, as thou didst Elijah, [24] and carry me so; but thou carriest me thine own private way, the way by which thou carriedst thy Son, who first lay upon the earth and prayed, and then had his exaltation, as himself calls his crucifying; and first descended into hell, and then had his ascension. Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel
  • He is being accused of rewriting history under a star-spangled banner and the British press is crucifying him for it.
  • In 1896 at the Democratic National Convention, William Jennings Byran railed against Goldbugs and their moneyed interests backers in support of Greenbacker farmers and laborers saying: "You shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. Reviewing Ellen Brown's "Web of Debt:" Part V
  • But the Tories will continue to crucify manufacturing industry, in pursuit of an absurdly high parity in the Exchange Rate Mechanism.
  • Williamson isn't the only Holocaust denier among the St. Pius X followers, and the Web site argues that Jews are guilty of "deicide" for crucifying Jesus. Free Internet Press
  • They declare that they approve of what the Jews did in crucifying Christ, and that they would be glad to do the same thing again if it were in their power. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
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