crucify

[US]/'kruːsɪfaɪ/
[UK]/'krʊsə'fai/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

v. torment; nail to the cross; restrain.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularcrucifies
Present Participlecrucifying
Past Tensecrucified
Past Participlecrucified

Phrases & Collocations

mocking and crucifying

Example Sentences

our fans would crucify us if we lost.

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify Him. They would ask Him to dinner, and hear what He had to say, and make fun of it.

Some people believe that he was crucified for his beliefs.

The criminal was sentenced to be crucified for his heinous crimes.

The religious leader was willing to be crucified for his followers.

The soldiers were ordered to crucify the rebels as a warning to others.

The criminal's body was left to hang on the cross after being crucified.

The condemned man knew he would be crucified for his treason.

The crowd watched in horror as the prisoner was crucified in public.

The Roman soldiers carried out the order to crucify the criminals.

The condemned man's family wept as they witnessed him being crucified.

Real-world Examples

She said the truth could never be crucified.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2023

And, uh, the critics are gonna crucify me.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

Why are you trying to crucify me?

Source: Desperate Housewives Season 5

25 It was the third hour when they crucified him.

Source: Bible (original version)

Rom. 6: 6 Knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with Him…

Source: 2019 ITERO - The One New Man Fulfilling God’s Purpose

St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and according to legend, he was crucified on an X-shaped cross.

Source: Realm of Legends

It commemorates the death of Jesus, who was crucified on a cross.

Source: World Holidays

Those who fled were caught and crucified by the Romans outside the city.

Source: A Brief History of the World

And crucified a doll dressed like a housewife to protest women's domestic labor.

Source: Vox opinion

The defiant rebel is dying a saviour's death, arms flung wide like the crucified Christ.

Source: The Power of Art - Pablo Picasso

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