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decrucifier

decrucifier noun: someone or something that decrucifies.

Noun

decrucifier (plural decrucifiers)

  1. (rare) Someone or something that decrucifies.
    • The crucifixion of the Princess in Tête d'or is, ostensibly, a revenge, not for an emotional but for a social wrong, yet it is clear, I think, that a substitution has taken place. In the Princess's own wish - and we are in the land of wishes - her decrucifier, Tête d'Or, was also her crucifier: […]1963, Conor Cruise O'Brien, Maria Cross: Imaginative Patterns in a Group of Modern Christian Writers, Academy Guild Press (1963), page 231
    • Ronco only exist for one month a year, in which time they sell all their 'useful' items such as 'Map-o-Meter' or 'Handy Finger Nail Counter', next year I am reliably informed they are bringing out a Christ decrucifier.1988 December 14, “Cal On Christmas”, in Felix, number 821, Imperial College London, page 30

Forms of decrucifier

pluraldecrucifiers

Origin of decrucifier

From decrucify + -er.

Questions about decrucifier

What does decrucifier mean?
Decrucifier means someone or something that decrucifies.
What part of speech is decrucifier?
Decrucifier is a noun.
What is the plural of decrucifier?
The plural of decrucifier is decrucifiers.

Words near decrucifier in the dictionary

  1. decrowned
  2. decrowning
  3. decrowns
  4. DeCrows
  5. decrucified
  6. decrucifier
  7. decrucifiers
  8. decrucifies
  9. decrucify
  10. decrucifying
  11. decrud

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