crucify

crucify is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 19 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.
2. transitive verb. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.
3. transitive verb. To vex or torment.
4. verb. criticize harshly or violently

   "The press savaged the new President"

   "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

   Synonyms: blast, pillory, savage

5. verb. hold within limits and control

   "subdue one's appetites"

   "mortify the flesh"

   Synonyms: mortify, subdue

6. verb. treat cruelly

   "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

   Synonyms: bedevil, dun, frustrate, rag, torment

7. verb. kill by nailing onto a cross

   "Jesus Christ was crucified"

Synonyms

blast, pillory, savage, mortify, subdue, bedevil, dun, frustrate, rag, torment

Common word forms

crucified, crucifier, crucifies, crucifying

Words from these letters

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