Associations to the word «Crucify»

Wiktionary

CRUCIFY, verb. To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
CRUCIFY, verb. To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
CRUCIFY, verb. (informal) To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.

Dictionary definition

CRUCIFY, verb. Kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified".
CRUCIFY, verb. Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher".
CRUCIFY, verb. Hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh".
CRUCIFY, verb. Criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats