"crucify" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-crucify.wav Forms: crucifies [present, singular, third-person], crucifying [participle, present], crucified [participle, past], crucified [past]
Rhymes: -aɪ Etymology: From Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucefier, from Late Latin crucificō, from Latin crucifigō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crucifien}} Middle English crucifien, {{der|en|fro|crucefier}} Old French crucefier, {{der|en|LL.|crucificō}} Late Latin crucificō, {{der|en|la|crucifigō}} Latin crucifigō Head templates: {{en-verb}} crucify (third-person singular simple present crucifies, present participle crucifying, simple past and past participle crucified)
  1. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Death Translations (to execute a person by nailing to a cross): σταυρόω (stauróō) (Ancient Greek), صَلَبَ (ṣalaba) (Arabic), صَلَّبَ (ṣallaba) (Arabic), խաչել (xačʻel) (Armenian), разпъвам на кръст (razpǎvam na krǎst) (Bulgarian), crucificar (Catalan), ukřižovat (Czech), korsfæste (Danish), kruisigen (Dutch), krucumi (Esperanto), ristiinnaulita (Finnish), crucifier (French), crucificar (Galician), kreuzigen (German), 𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hramjan) (Gothic), σταυρώνω (stavróno) (Greek), צָלַב (Hebrew), keresztre feszít (Hungarian), krossfesta (Icelandic), krucagar (Ido), crocifiggere (Italian), crocefiggere (Italian), kruçificar (Ladino), kruzificar (Ladino), crucifīgō (Latin), menyalib (Malay), ക്രൂശിക്കുക (krūśikkuka) (Malayalam), rīpeka (Maori), crucifien (Middle English), korsfeste (Norwegian Bokmål), korsfeste (Norwegian Nynorsk), rōdfæstnian (Old English), āhōn (Old English), خاچلامق (haçlamak) (Ottoman Turkish), kjriezjen (Plautdietsch), ukrzyżować [perfective] (Polish), crucificar (Portuguese), chakatay (Quechua), crucifica (Romanian), răstigni (Romanian), распя́ть (raspjátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), распина́ть (raspinátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ceus (Scottish Gaelic), crucificar (Spanish), korsfästa (Swedish), ตรึงกางเขน (Thai), haçlamak (Turkish), çarmıha germek (Turkish), team (Tyap), croeshoelio (Welsh), קרייציקן (kreytsikn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-crucify-en-verb-S0guZRVb Disambiguation of Death: 95 2 3 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Thai translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 45 20 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 55 12 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 53 14 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 40 18 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 60 13 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 52 13 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 13 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 52 13 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 55 12 33 Disambiguation of 'to execute a person by nailing to a cross': 99 1 0
  2. (hyperbolic) To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage. Tags: excessive, transitive
    Sense id: en-crucify-en-verb-DrVTIiKI Categories (other): English hyperboles, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 40 18 42
  3. (hyperbolic, informal, sports) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game. Tags: excessive, informal, transitive Categories (topical): Sports
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crucifiable, decrucify, recrucify Related terms: cross, crucifix, crucifixion, crucifixional, crux

Inflected forms

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          "word": "разпъвам на кръст"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "kreuzigen"
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "hramjan",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "stavróno",
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          "word": "σταυρώνω"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "צָלַב"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "keresztre feszít"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "krossfesta"
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "krucagar"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "crocifiggere"
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          "_dis1": "99 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "crocefiggere"
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          "lang": "Ladino",
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          "word": "kruçificar"
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          "lang": "Malay",
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          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "krūśikkuka",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "ക്രൂശിക്കുക"
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          "code": "nb",
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          "code": "ang",
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          "word": "rōdfæstnian"
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          "word": "āhōn"
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "haçlamak",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "خاچلامق"
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "kjriezjen"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
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          "word": "ukrzyżować"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "crucificar"
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          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "chakatay"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "crucifica"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "răstigni"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raspjátʹ",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
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          "word": "распя́ть"
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          "roman": "raspinátʹ",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
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          "word": "распина́ть"
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "ceus"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "crucificar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "korsfästa"
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          "lang": "Tyap",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
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          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "ตรึงกางเขน"
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "haçlamak"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "çarmıha germek"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "croeshoelio"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "kreytsikn",
          "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
          "word": "קרייציקן"
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          "text": "After his public gaffe, he was crucified in the media.",
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        {
          "ref": "1896 July 9, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold speech",
          "text": "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."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Tori Amos (lyrics and music), “Crucify”:",
          "text": "I crucify myself, nothing I do is good enough for you / I crucify myself every day",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspjátʹ",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "распя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspinátʹ",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "распина́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "ceus"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "crucificar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "korsfästa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kcg",
      "lang": "Tyap",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "team"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "ตรึงกางเขน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "haçlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "çarmıha germek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "croeshoelio"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "kreytsikn",
      "sense": "to execute a person by nailing to a cross",
      "word": "קרייציקן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crucify"
}

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