crucify
/ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/
crucify verb: to execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
Verb
crucify (third-person singular simple present crucifies, present participle crucifying, simple past and past participle crucified)
- To execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
- To punish or otherwise express extreme anger at, especially as a scapegoat or target of outrage.
- After his public gaffe, he was crucified in the media.
- 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.1896 July 9, William Jennings Bryan, Cross of Gold speech
- To thoroughly beat at a sport or game.
- West Ham beat Manchester City five nil–they crucified them!
crucify meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Arabic
crucify in Tamil
- சிலுவையிலறை, சிலுவைமரத்தில் அடித்துக் கொல்லு, அநியாயமாக தண்டி, வதை, கொடுமை செய், மோசமாக நடத்து
crucify in Bengali
- ক্রুশে বিদ্ধ করা, শাস্তি দেওয়া
crucify in Malayalam
- to execute a person by nailing to a cross
- ക്രൂശിക്കുക krūśikkuka
crucify in Arabic
- to execute a person by nailing to a cross
- صَلَبَ ṣalaba, صَلَّبَ ṣallaba
More languagesFewer languages
- crucify in Malay
- menyalib
- crucify in Thai
- ตรึงกางเขน
Examples of crucify in a sentence
- Jesus was salvifically crucified, according to the New Testament.
- Like Simeon he proclaimed the message of Christ and him crucified.
- You constantly hear the misaccusation that Christianity crucified the Jewish nation during the Holocaust.
Forms of crucify
| third-person singular present | crucifies |
|---|---|
| present participle | crucifying |
| past participle | crucified |
| past | crucified |
Origin of crucify
From Middle English crucifien, from Old French crucefier, from Late Latin crucificō, from Latin crucifigō.
Words formed from crucify
Words that rhyme with crucify
Questions about crucify
- What does crucify mean?
- Crucify means to execute (a person) by nailing to a cross.
- What is crucify in Tamil?
- Crucify in Tamil is சிலுவையிலறை, சிலுவைமரத்தில் அடித்துக் கொல்லு, அநியாயமாக தண்டி. See Crucify meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is crucify?
- Crucify is a verb.
- How do you pronounce crucify?
- Crucify is pronounced /ˈkɹuːsɪfaɪ/.
- What is the past tense of crucify?
- The past tense of crucify is crucified.
Words near crucify in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: crucify (page history and authors); crucify (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); crucify (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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